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CCI 17.1:

Report Codes 36620, 93503 Over Paravertebral Facet Joint Injections

Published on Mon May 02, 2011

Latest CCI edits also classify plantar injections as comprehensive procedures.When your anesthesiologist places a Swan-Ganz catheter or arterial line, be sure you aren't reporting those line placements on the same claim as paravertebral facet joint injections. Here's why: The latest Correct Coding Initiative edits (effective April 1) clarify that coding the procedures together is a no-no.Line Placements Override Paravertebral InjectionFew edits from CCI 17.1 apply directly to anesthesia practitioners, but don't let them slip past your notice. The ones you need to watch focus on three common line placements: 36620 ��" Arterial catheterization or cannulation for sampling, monitoring or transfusion (separate procedure); percutaneous 36625 ��" ... cutdown 93503 ��" Insertion and placement of flow directed catheter (e.g., Swan-Ganz) for monitoring purposes. Each of the line placement codes is the comprehensive procedure (or component) when performed during the same patient encounter as injections 64490 (Injection[s], diagnostic or therapeutic agent, paravertebral facet [...]
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