AMA CPT® Assistant - 2023 Issue 1 (January)

Somatic Nerve Injection With Imaging Guidance Revisions (January 2023)

January 2023 pages 24-27 Somatic Nerve Injection With Imaging Guidance Revisions For the CPT 2023 code set, the introductory guidelines, code descriptors, and parenthetical notes in the Extracranial Nerves, Peripheral Nerves, and Autonomic Nervous System subsections were revised to identify when imaging guidance is inclusive in nerve injection procedures and when imaging guidance may be separately reported. These changes provide a model for the appropriate reporting of somatic nerve injection procedures and imaging guidance. This article provides an overview of the intent and use of these revised codes. Introduction/Injection of Anesthetic Agent (Nerve Block), Diagnostic or Therapeutic  64400 Injection(s)...

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