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Lidocaine Injection for pain

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lasmith95

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How do I bill for a Lidocaine injection not associated with a procedure? The
physician gave a subcutaneous Lidocaine injection for suboccipital pain. Do I use
96372 for therapeutic injection? Also, the only HCPCS code I can find for Lidocaine is J2001
and that's for intravenous infusion. Are we allowed to bill separately or is the injection
part of the E/M?
 
lasmith95 said:
How do I bill for a Lidocaine injection not associated with a procedure? The
physician gave a subcutaneous Lidocaine injection for suboccipital pain. Do I use
96372 for therapeutic injection? Also, the only HCPCS code I can find for Lidocaine is J2001
and that's for intravenous infusion. Are we allowed to bill separately or is the injection
part of the E/M?
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Lidocaine no longer has a HCPCS code for injection. It is now considered included if it is administered in the course of an E/M encounter.
 
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