AMA CPT® Assistant - 2012 Issue 9 (September)

THEN and NOW: Destruction by Neurolytic Agent (64620-64636) (September 2012)

September 2012 pages 14-15 Destruction by Neurolytic Agent (64620-64636) THEN The November 1999 (p 38) and the March 2000 (p 4) editions of CPT Assistant discussed the CPT 2000 revised and added codes 64620-64627 for reporting unilateral paravertebral facet joint nerve destruction procedures using either a chemical neurolytic agent or a type of energy source. Because the descriptor terminology denoted only the procedure per se, descriptor and parenthetical instruction indicated the following use of codes 64620-64627: Codes 64620-64627 were reported for paravertebral facet joint nerve destruction at each spinal level (eg, L3, L4, L5). If more than one cervical...

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