DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2015 Issue 7 (July)
Transversus abdominis plane (TAP) blocks
Providers who perform TAP blocks have traditionally reported the service with 64450. Effective Jan. 1, 2015, they had four codes for managing post-op abdominal pain:
- 64486 (Injections of local anesthetic for pain control and abdominal wall analgesia on one side).
- 64487 (Continuous infusions of local anesthetic for pain control and abdominal wall analgesia on one side).
- 64488 (Injections of local anesthetic for pain control and abdominal wall analgesia on both sides).
- 64489 (Continuous infusions of local anesthetic for pain control and abdominal wall analgesia on both sides).
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