AMA CPT® Assistant - 2011 Issue 11 (November)

Category III Codes (Q&A) (November 2011)

November 2011 page 11b Category III Codes Question: The patient had a transforaminal epidural injection in the sacrum using ultrasound guidance. What is the appropriate code to report? Answer: For CPT 2011, a new Category III code was established, code 0230T, Injection(s), anesthetic agent and/orsteroid, transforaminal epidural, with ultrasound guidance, lumbar or sacral; single level, for reporting injections at the lumbar and sacral level using ultrasound guidance. ♦ Category III Codes (Q&A) (November 2011). CPT® Assistant. 2011; November 2011 page 11b ...

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