tci Part B Insider - 2015 Issue 15

Reader Question: You Can Collect for Electrode Placement, Removal

Question: In a patient with bilateral leg pain, our surgeon placed two electrode arrays in the epidural space for trial neurostimulation and the patient returned a week later with positive results. Our surgeon disconnected the external neurostimulator and removed the trial electrode at the second visit. Finally, our surgeon called the patient for placement of a new electrode array and implantation of the long-term generator. Can we append modifiers 58 and 59 when submitting this claim? Answer: You submit code 63650 (Percutaneous implantation of neurostimulator electrode array, epidural) for the trial electrode placement. For disconnection of the external neurostimulator...

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