AMA CPT® Assistant - 2018 Issue 12 (December)
Surgery: Musculoskeletal System (Q&A) (December 2018)
December 2018 page 8a Surgery: Musculoskeletal System Question: What code(s) should be reported for a trigger point injection(s) within the left multifidus muscle, the trapezius muscle bilaterally, and the levator muscle bilaterally? Answer: Report code 20553, Injection(s); single or multiple trigger point(s), 3 or more muscles. Do not append modifier 50, as the code encompasses all the trigger point injections performed regardless of location. Surgery: Musculoskeletal System. CPT® Assistant. 2018; December 2018 page 8a ...
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