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Get Your Payment for Follow Up With 62272

Published on Mon Jul 28, 2014

Question: Our physician placed a lumbar drain and left the drain intact for several days. He then provided follow up E/M visits for the patient. How can we report this? Colorado Subscriber Answer: You report code 62272 (Spinal puncture, therapeutic, for drainage of cerebrospinal fluid [by needle or catheter]) for lumbar drain placement. This code carries a zero day global period. The [...]
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