Radiology Coding Alert

Navigate Edit Complexities to Achieve Success In Coding Fluoroscopy With 64520 Coding

Key: Understand the reason for fluoroscopy and check your payer preferences. Coding for fluoroscopy with pain management injections can be problematic if you do not know what edits apply when reporting 64520 (Injection, anesthetic agent; lumbar or thoracic [paravertebral sympathetic]) with 77002 (Fluoroscopic guidance for needle placement [e.g., biopsy, aspiration, injection, localization device]) or 77003 (Fluoroscopic guidance and localization of [...]
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