2012 Update:
Equip Yourself With New Codes To Report Neurolysis in 2012
Published on Tue Nov 15, 2011
Keep a count of joints, regardless of the numbers of nerves. When reporting the paravertebral facet joint nerve injections in 2012, you will no longer be counting nerves that your surgeon targeted. You have so far been reporting injections for every nerve at a single vertebral level. Effective Jan. 1, you'll need to adjust your method to look for the specific anatomical site involved and also the work that your surgeon did. Read on for more on what changes to expect for these injections in 2012: what goes obsolete and what new comes in. Know the Deletions Here are four codes that will be deleted in 2012: 64622 (Destruction by neurolytic agent, paravertebral facet joint nerve; lumbar or sacral, single level) +64623 (Destruction by neurolytic agent, paravertebral facet joint nerve; lumbar or sacral, each additional level [List separately in addition to code for primary procedure]) 64626 (Destruction by neurolytic agent, [...]
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