AMA CPT® Assistant - 2017 Issue 10 (October)

Surgery: Nervous System (Q&A) (October 2017)

October 2017 page 9c Surgery: Nervous System Question: What is the appropriate code to report cryoanalgesia applied to peripheral nerves (ie, genicular), as well as cryoanalgesia for post-thoracotomy pain? Answer: These services are reported the same way as other neurolytic destruction procedures, ie, depending on the anatomical location of the nerve(s) to be treated (eg, code 64630, Destruction by neurolytic agent; pudendal nerve; code 64632, Destruction by neurolytic agent; plantar common digital nerve; code 64640, Destruction by neurolytic agent; other peripheral nerve or branch). Surgery: Nervous System (Q&A) (October 2017). CPT® Assistant. 2017; October 2017 page 9c ...

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