CPT® 62351, Under Catheter Implantation Procedures on the Spine and Spinal Cord

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 62351 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Catheter Implantation Procedures on the Spine and Spinal Cord.

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Summary

The provider implants, replaces, or repositions a previously implanted and tunneled intrathecal or epidural catheter. This procedure includes a laminectomy. This service is done to instill medication into the cerebrospinal fluid using an external or internal reservoir pump system to treat many conditions including severe pain after trauma, postoperative pain, pain from diseases like cancer, or for other medical conditions such as spasticity, a muscle control disorder in which muscles are tight or stiff, and they involuntarily spasm.

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