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Correction:

Don't Report 0027T for IDET

Published on Sat Jan 22, 2005

The December 2004 issue of Pain Management Coding Alert has an error regarding the code for IDET in the article "Options Check: Simplify Submitting Unlisted-Procedure Codes."
 
The correct codes for IDET are:

0062T - Percutaneous intradiscal annuloplasty, any method, unilateral or bilateral including fluoroscopic guidance; single level
+0063T - Percutaneous intradiscal annuloplasty, any method, unilateral or bilateral including fluoroscopic guidance; one or more additional levels (list separately in addition to 0062T for primary procedure). Code 0027T (Endoscopic lysis of epidural adhesions with direct visualization using mechanical means [e.g., spinal endoscopic catheter system] or solution injection [e.g., normal saline] including radiologic localization and epidurography) mentioned in the article is not used to report IDET procedures.
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