Wiki Lidocaine injection

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Patient comes to our office for a vulvar biopsy. The doctor injects a small amount of 2% lidocaine before performing the biopsy.

Is the lidocaine separately billable?

Another example: Patient comes to the office for a Nexplanon insertion. Insertion point and tract of insertion infiltrated with 1% Lidocaine using 31G needle before insertion.

Is lidocaine billable?

 

[aciardelli]

To my knowledge you can not bill it separately

 

[CodingKing]

No, If used as an anesthesia for the procedure its not reimbursable

 

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Lidocaine

So the Lidocaine drug itself is bundled. Is the injection code also bundled? Ex. could we bill 96372 for the Lidocaine injection before we insert a Nexplanon?

 

[CodingKing]

The lidocaine and its administration are bundled in the procedure code.