New Article: Coding Facet Joint Injections

Find-A-Code is pleased to announce another new article by Aimee Wilcox, MA, CST, CCS-P:

Coding Facet Joint Injections

A facet joint injection is a diagnostic procedure used to determine if the patient's spine pain is related to arthropathy of the facet joints. During a facet joint block, an anesthetic is injected into the facet joints where the associated spinal nerves travel to see if it will stop or 'block' the pain. Sometimes a steroid is injected with the anesthetic to help with the inflammation.

If you work in pain management, anesthesia or interventional radiology, you are probably keenly aware of the changes that have occurred over the past three years with facet joint injection coding and its effect on your bottom line.  Read more...

This articles references codes:

• 64490
• 64491
• 64492
• 64493
• 64494
• 64495

The article is also listed in the "Coding Tips" section for each code.

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