How to Code Transforaminal Injection without Imaging Guidance
When the Pain Management physician does Transforaminal injection with imaging guidance, the following are our codes:: Inclusive with CPT 77003 – Fluoroscopic guidance and localization of needle or catheter tip for spine or paraspinous diagnostic or therapeutic injection procedures. (Effective January 01, 2011). CPT Code 77012 – Computed tomography guidance for needle placement (eg, biopsy,… Please LOGIN HERE to view...
Coding Transforaminal Epidural – Question from a Reader
Here’s an interesting question from one of my blog followers. Coding Transforaminal Epidural Nerve Root Block Scenario and Question: This is what she emailed me – “Nerve root block was performed on RT side of L4,L5,S1. They gave me CPT codes 64483 64484 64484 77003 dx 724.4 in the superbill. I coded 64483, 64484-RT-L4-L5, 64484-RT-L5-S1,77003 724.4 and… Please LOGIN HERE to view this content. Or, REGISTER...