Introduction/Injection of Anesthetic Agent (Nerve Block), Diagnostic or Therapeutic Procedures on the Extracranial Nerves, Peripheral Nerves, and Autonomic Nervous System CPT® Code range 64400- 64530

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code range for Introduction/Injection of Anesthetic Agent (Nerve Block), Diagnostic or Therapeutic Procedures on the Extracranial Nerves, Peripheral Nerves, and Autonomic Nervous System 64400-64530 is a medical code set maintained by the American Medical Association.

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CPT® Code Range 64400- 64530

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[QUOTE="SharonCollachi, post: 475962, member: 654943"] If the patient is not a Medicare patient, then it may not be included, unless AMA or CPT Assistant says it is. I think there may be confusion wi... [ Read More ]
If the patient is not a Medicare patient, then it may not be included, unless AMA or CPT Assistant says it is. I think there may be confusion with the use of the phrase "postoperative pain management... [ Read More ]
Hi there, please see this CPT Assistant April 2005 [QUOTE]Nervous System, 64400, 64450, 64505, 64530, 64999 (Q&A) Question Is it appropriate to report a nerve block injection code (ie, 64400-64450, ... [ Read More ]
Below from the AMA/CPT, it is not intended in a facility setting that a physician would report codes such as 96360-96379. They believe an IM injection would typically be ordered by the physician and p... [ Read More ]
AMA CPT Assistant from 2008 states that 64400-64450 would correspond with 77002, and it is known that CMS NCCI bundle CPT 77002 with the majority of these codes. CPT 77003 would not be used in conjunc... [ Read More ]
Below is list of pain management codes I found from the below link, I copy and pasted a lot of the codes from the link but there could other codes needed. I would look at the local coverage determinat... [ Read More ]
When you state they are evaluating the "patient's block" is that epidural catheter infusion that they are monitoring if so on postop day 1, that would be reported with 01996. Below is some additional ... [ Read More ]
Below is from the CMS NCCI policy manual [url]http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/NationalCorrectCodInitEd/index.html[/url] 64400-64530 (Peripheral nerve blocks ? bolus injection or continuous infus... [ Read More ]
Below states it is bundled from the NCCI policy manual. 5. With limited exceptions Medicare Anesthesia Rules prevent separate payment for anesthesia for a medical or surgical procedure when provided ... [ Read More ]
01935 Anesthesia for percutaneous image guided procedures on the spine and spinal cord; diagnostic 01936 Anesthesia for percutaneous image guided procedures on the spine and spinal cord; therapeutic... [ Read More ]