1984, Medicare payments accounted for less than 49 percent of the total. health care bill of the elderly.4 Of the $30.2 billion direct out-of-pocket. expenses incurred by the elderly, the largest component was for nursing. home care (42 percent), followed by âother care,â for example, other pro-.
Allergic rhinitis, unspecified. 1  J30.9 is a billable ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. 2  Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes. 3  This is the American ICD-10-CM version of J30.9.
QUESTION: What is the correct ICD-9-CM procedure code to report a reconstruction polydactyly? The CPT code is 28344, but I'm not sure whether ICD-9-CM procedure code 86.26 is the correct code? ANSWER: Procedure code 86.26 (ligation of dermal appendage) is also used for the ligation of supernumerary toe. The term polydactyly indicates that the patient has more than five fingers or toes, and the term supernumerary means having more than the normal number.