AMA CPT® Assistant - 2022 Issue 7 (July)

Nerve Block Reporting (64450, 64461, 64488, 64489, 64999) (July 2022)

July 2022 pages 13-16 Nerve Block Reporting (64450, 64461, 64488, 64489, 64999) In the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2020 code set, significant changes were made to improve and update the coding structure in the Introduction/Injection of Anesthetic Agent (Nerve Block), Diagnostic or Therapeutic subsection of the Nervous System section. Per guidelines added to the CPT 2020 code set, “Codes 64400-64450, 64454 describe the injection of an anesthetic agent(s) and/or steroid into a nerve plexus, nerve, or branch. These codes are reported once per nerve plexus, nerve, or branch as described in the descriptor regardless of the number of...

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