coding 99318 nursing home annual exam to Medicare

Hi, I have a question regarding 99318. We use the ICD-9 code V70.5 to show that it was a health exam of a defined sub-population.
Should we use V70.3? we are getting denials. Thanks in advance.

Apr 26th, 2012 - nmaguire 2,606

re: coding 99318 nursing home annual exam to Medicare

Code the conditions responsible for annual exam