AMA CPT® Assistant - 2015 Issue 11 (November)
Surgery: Nervous System (Q&A) (November 2015)
November 2015 page 11a Surgery: Nervous System Question: When a physician injects the superior medial and lateral branches and inferior medial branches of the left genicular nerve, is code 64450 reported three times or just once for the left genicular nerve? Answer: It is appropriate to report code 64450, Injection, anesthetic agent; other peripheral nerve or branch, for the genicular nerve block of three branches of this nerve around the knee joint; however, code 64450 is reported just once during a session when performing the injection(s). Although one, two, or more injections may be required during the session, the...
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