AMA CPT® Assistant - 2015 Issue 10 (October)

Surgery: Nervous System (Q&A) (October 2015)

October 2015 page 9a Surgery: Nervous System Question: Code 64412, Injection, anesthetic agent; spinal accessory nerve, will be deleted from the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2016 code set. What code will be used to report this service? Answer: Effective January 1, 2016, code 64999, Unlisted procedure, nervous system, should be reported for an injection of an anesthetic agent into a spinal accessory nerve, as code 64412 has been deleted from the code set. When reporting an unlisted code to describe a procedure or service, it is necessary to submit supporting documentation (eg, a procedure report) along with the...

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