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Consider Coding Breakdown for Lumbar Puncture Cisternography
Published on Wed May 19, 2021
Question: What’s the CPT® coding for a fluoroscopic-guided lumbar puncture performed for a nuclear medicine (NM) cisternography? New York Subscriber Answer: You will report two codes for this service: one for the lumbar puncture and one for the cisternography. For the lumbar puncture, you will report 62323 (Injection(s), of diagnostic or therapeutic substance(s) (eg, anesthetic, antispasmodic, opioid, steroid, other solution), [...]