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CPT Knowledgebase - Oct 12, 2016
The physician performed a pulsed radiofrequency lesioning (RFL) procedure with local anesthetic and steroid injection before the needle was removed. Is it appropriate to report code 64999, Unlisted procedure, nervous system, for pulsed radiofrequency ablation along with injection code 64483, Injection(s), anesthetic agent and/or steroid, transforaminal epidural, with imaging guidance (fluoroscopy or CT); lumbar or sacral, single level, for this procedure, when performed at the same level?
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