AMA CPT® Assistant - 2013 Issue 12 (December)
Surgery: Nervous System (Bonus Q&A) (December 2013)
December 2013 page 17a Surgery: Nervous System Question: The code descriptor for code 64714, {Neuroplasty, major peripheral nerve, arm or leg, open; lumbar plexus}, implies that this procedure is performed on a "singular" major peripheral nerve: the lumbar plexus. From an anatomical perspective, the lumbar plexus consists of several different nerves, including but not limited to the ilioinguinal, obturator, and femoral nerves. From a CPT coding perspective, may this code be reported per nerve within the lumbar plexus? Is code 64714 inherently unilateral? Answer: The peripheral nerves noted in the question come from the lumbar plexus and are distal...
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