Effective Medical Billing: Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R), Intervention Pain Management

This article is about how to effectively bill for Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation with Intervention Pain management services in an outpatient setting. This article is very useful for Board Certified Physician in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Board Certified Physician in Pain Medicine and Intervention Pain Management practice. If you are the medical biller:

1) First thing, make sure your provider is listed under his correct specialty with the insurances. Remember that Pain Management provider do not necessarily mean they are (PM&R) M.Ds. They can be Anesthesiologists, Chiropractors, Acupuncturists, Massage Therapists, Physical Therapists and Occupational Therapists! Many claims were denied for payments like for CPT code 64480, 64483, 64484, 27096 and all other related procedure codes (you will see on the EOB a