title: Incorporating diagnosis and treatment of hyperhidrosis into clinical practice.
abstract: Proper billing and coding are essential to document the diagnosis of hyperhidrosis and to assure proper reimbursement for treatment. Providers should become familiar with the payment policies of local health plans to streamline the preauthorization process that is often needed for many treatments commonly used for hyperhidrosis. Having a preprinted letter of medical necessity and patient intake forms that record the necessary historical information about the disease, previous treatments, and other pertinent information will help increase the speed of the office flow. This article presents algorithms for treatment of the various forms of primary focal hyperhidrosis.
authors.affiliation: International Hyperhidrosis Society, Quakertown, PA 18951, USA; Department of Dermatology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, 601 Medical Tower, Norfolk, VA 23507, USA. Electronic address: dpariser@pariserderm.com.
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Pariser
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D019468:Disease Management; D006801:Humans; D006945:Hyperhidrosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000458:organization & administration*
keywords: Diagnosis; Medical necessity; Primary focal hyperhidrosis; Reimbursement