title: Coding in Muscle Disease.
abstract: Accurate coding is critically important for clinical practice and research. Ongoing changes to diagnostic and billing codes require the clinician to stay abreast of coding updates. Payment for health care services, data sets for health services research, and reporting for medical quality improvement all require accurate administrative coding. This article provides an overview of administrative coding for patients with muscle disease and includes a case-based review of diagnostic and Evaluation and Management (E/M) coding principles in patients with myopathy. Procedural coding for electrodiagnostic studies and neuromuscular ultrasound is also reviewed.
authors.forename: Lyell K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Ney
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D059019:Clinical Coding / Q000379:methods*; D004576:Electromyography / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D008297:Male; D018908:Muscle Weakness / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology