AMA CPT® Assistant - 2004 Issue 5 (May)
Nervous System/Surgery (May 2004)
May 2004 page 15b Coding Consultation:Questions and Answers Nervous System, 64475 (Q&A) Question The physician is performing multiple injections in L4-5. He is performing a medial branch lumbar facet nerve block, as well as facet steroid injections. He initially inserts a needle to a depth of 1.2 mm within the facet joint. He then injects Depo-Medrol into each facet joint (L3-4, L4-5, L5-S1) and removes the needles completely. Following this, the physician inserts another set of needles, this time to the tar points until the bone is reached in order to complete the nerve block. At this...
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