Quick coding chart: Suprascapular nerve block — 64418

Why This Topic Matters

It helps readers quickly assess whether the article contains the Medicare, diagnosis-coding, and documentation guidance they need for suprascapular nerve block reporting.

Article Sections

1. Overview

   Introduces the topic and frames the article as a quick review of coding guidance and supporting documentation for the service.

2. Code

   Presents the primary procedure code and a plain-language explanation of the service at a high level.

3. Medicare payment indicators and RVUs — physician fee schedule 2018

   Summarizes Medicare payment-related indicators and relative value unit information for the referenced service year and settings.

4. Medically unlikely edits, Jan. 1, 2018

   Lists edit-related information and the stated basis for the edit assignment as part of the coding reference.

5. ICD-10-CM codes

   Provides example diagnosis codes that may be associated with the service and notes that the list is not exhaustive.

6. Coder’s notes

   Explains that a sample operative report is provided to illustrate the documentation context for the service.

7. Operative note

   Contains a sample procedure note describing the documented clinical setting, imaging guidance, and general procedural workflow.