2008 ABC Coding Manual - Index of

Oriental Medicine Services – General Oriental procedures CABAB – CACAE
C Practice Specialties
CA Oriental Medicine Services
CAB General Oriental procedures
CABAB Auricular acupuncture each 15 minutes
Piercing one or more acupoints on a client’s outer ear with acupuncture needles to treat and/or prevent a
disorder and/or disease and/or to relieve his or her pain. Service is billed in 15-minute increments.
CABAC Plum blossom therapy each 15 minutes
Using an Oriental, hammer-shaped device to tap seven filiform needles into a client’s body part or region
along his or her body channel(s) for therapeutic effect(s) (for example, to treat hypermetabolism). Service
is billed in 15-minute increments.
CABAD Points bleeding and dressing each 10 minutes
Piercing a vein and/or small artery at the tip(s) of a client’s finger(s), toe(s), and/or top(s) of ear(s) to treat
his or her blood channels. Service is billed in 10-minute increments.
CABAE Acupuncture initial 15 minutes
Piercing one or more acupoints on a client’s body part, region or full body with acupuncture needles to
treat and/or prevent disorder and/or disease and/or to relieve his or her pain. For additional time, use
CABAF. Service is billed in 15-minute increments.
CABAF Acupuncture each additional 15 minutes
Piercing one or more acupoints on a client’s body part, region or full body with acupuncture needles to
treat and/or prevent disorder and/or disease and/or to relieve his or her pain. Use CABAE in conjunction
with CABAF. Service is billed in 15-minute increments.
CABAG Trigger-point acupuncture each 15 minutes
Applying acupuncture needles to trigger-points on a client’s body part or region to affect his or her
myofascial release. Service is billed in 15-minute increments.
CABAH Japanese meridian acupuncture each 15 minutes
Using pulse diagnoses to determine appropriate meridian points of a client’s body part, region or full body
and delicately applying acupuncture needles to affect his or her Qi or vital energy. Service is billed in 15minute
increments.
CABZZ Undefined general Oriental procedure narrative required
Any elsewhere undefined general Oriental procedure, narrative required. To help develop more
comprehensive coding, please submit an ABC Terminology and Code Request Form, which is available
in the back of all ABC coding publications and at www.ABCcodes.com.
CAC Oriental modalities
CACAB Cupping each 15 minutes
Applying a suction device to a client’s skin to induce and/or correct an ecchymosal condition(s) (for
example, to drain blood-blisters). Service is billed in 15-minute increments.
CACAC Ear seeds or pellets each 15 minutes
Placing and/or removing ear seeds or pellets in the pinna of a client’s ear to treat and/or prevent disease,
disorder and/or to relieve his or her pain. Service is billed in 15-minute increments.
CACAD Electrical acupuncture each 15 minutes
Applying an electrical current to acupuncture needles in situ on a client’s body part, region or full body to
facilitate a transdermal current between two or more acupoints. Service is billed in 15-minute increments.
CACAE Moxibustion each 15 minutes
Using moxa to heat acupoints on a client’s body. Service is billed in 15-minute increments.
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