Pain Management
Healthcare IT and billing built for a pain management practice
Procedure-heavy billing, controlled substance compliance and authorization management for pain practices.
Why pain management is different
Pain management combines interventional procedures with chronic medication management, which means heavy prior authorization volume on one side and strict controlled substance compliance on the other.
Healthcare SBC handles both: procedure coding with correct level and laterality documentation, imaging guidance billing, PDMP-integrated prescribing, and opioid treatment agreement and urine drug screening tracking.
Common challenges
Where pain management practices lose revenue
The billing and workflow problems specific to this specialty, and the ones generic systems handle badly.
Authorization-heavy procedures
Injections, ablations and stimulators require authorization that delays care and denies claims when incomplete.
Level and laterality documentation
Spinal procedure codes depend on exact level and side, and vague documentation causes denials.
Controlled substance compliance
PDMP checks, treatment agreements and drug screening must be documented consistently to withstand scrutiny.
Imaging guidance bundling
Fluoroscopic and ultrasound guidance is bundled into some procedures and separately billable in others.
How we address it
Built for pain management workflows
- Procedure templates capturing level, laterality and approach
- Imaging guidance bundling logic in pre-submission claim edits
- PDMP-integrated e-prescribing with EPCS
- Opioid treatment agreement and urine drug screen tracking
- Prior authorization management for interventional procedures
Commonly billed codes in pain management
A sample of the codes our pain management coders work with daily.
- 64483Transforaminal epidural injection, lumbar, single level
- 64635Radiofrequency ablation, lumbar facet joint, single level
- 20610Arthrocentesis, major joint
- 62323Interlaminar epidural injection, lumbar, with imaging
- 77003Fluoroscopic guidance for spinal injection
Codes shown for reference only. Verify against current code sets and payer policy.
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FAQ
Pain Management, frequently asked questions questions
- How do you reduce authorization delays?
- Our authorization team submits requests with the clinical documentation each payer requires: conservative care history, imaging findings and prior response, and pursues determination actively rather than waiting, which materially shortens time to procedure.
- Does the platform support controlled substance compliance?
- Yes. It includes EPCS prescribing with PDMP integration, treatment agreement tracking, scheduled urine drug screening workflows and documentation that supports both clinical care and regulatory review.
- How is fluoroscopic guidance billed?
- The platform applies current bundling rules by procedure and payer, billing guidance separately where allowed and suppressing it where it is inclusive: preventing both lost revenue and improper unbundling.
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