AMA CPT® Assistant - 2005 Issue 8 (August)
Radiology: Other Procedures (August 2005)
August 2005 page 14a Coding Consultation:Questions and Answers Radiology/Other Procedures, 76005 (Q&A) Question What is the appropriate code(s) to report for fluoroscopic guidance used at the L5-S1 level? AMA Comment CPT code 76005, Fluoroscopic guidance and localization of needle or catheter tip for spine or paraspinous diagnostic or therapeutic injection procedures (epidural, transforaminal epidural, subarachnoid, paravertebral facet joint, paravertebral facet joint nerve or sacroiliac joint), including neurolytic agent destruction, is intended to be reported per spinal region (not per level). It would be appropriate, therefore, to report CPT code 76005 twice: once for the lumbar region and once...
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