Mrs. marsden slipped on the ice last winter and fractured several lumbar vertebrae. since then she has required pain management therapy at her local hospital with an anesthesiologist. he performs a therapeutic injection of 5% marcaine mixed with the steroid decadron (16mg) into the nerve located in the facet joints at levels l3-l4 and l4-l5 on both sides at each level. what cpt® code (s) are reported for this procedure?

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Crystal Nielsen

Biology

16 May, 08:32

Mrs. marsden slipped on the ice last winter and fractured several lumbar vertebrae. since then she has required pain management therapy at her local hospital with an anesthesiologist. he performs a therapeutic injection of 5% marcaine mixed with the steroid decadron (16mg) into the nerve located in the facet joints at levels l3-l4 and l4-l5 on both sides at each level. what cpt® code (s) are reported for this procedure?

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Stephen Russell · Answer 1

The cpt codes that should be reported for this procedure are as follows: 64493-50, 64494-50. The reason for this is that these codes are for the injection of the lumbar. 64493 is the injection specifically, and 64494 is referencing L4. The - 50 is added to show that the injection was done on both sides.