Pain functionality scale

With the Medicare requirement for documentation of functionality score for RFAs, and now for epidurals, what pain functionality score are you collecting? Among the ones the Noridian LCD names, the ODI seems the shortest and simplest. However, if I interpret the language in a lawyerly way, they aren’t exactly saying you must use one of the scales listed. With that in mind, I chose the PEG scale: 3 items, one of which is pain intensity... Read more
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