AMA CPT® Assistant - 2020 Issue 6 (June)

Lumbar Puncture: New and Revised Diagnostic and Therapeutic Codes (June 2020)

June 2020 page 10 Lumbar Puncture: New and Revised Diagnostic and Therapeutic Codes Several changes were made to the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2020 Spine and Spinal Cord/Injection, Drainage, or Aspiration subsection. Codes 62270 and 62272 were promoted to parent codes to accommodate two new child codes (62328, 62329). In addition, the subsection guidelines were revised and instructional parenthetical notes were added. This article provides an overview of these changes. Injection, Drainage, or Aspiration  62270Spinal puncture, lumbar, diagnostic;  62328with fluoroscopic or CT guidance (Do not report 62270, 62328 in conjunction with 77003, 77012) (If ultrasound or MRI guidance...

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