Anesthesia Coding Alert
Billing Contrast With Epidural Injection
Question: Our physician does lumbar epidural steroid injections in the office with contrast material. Can we bill this along with 62311 or is it included in the main procedure code?
California Subscriber
Answer: You can bill contrast agents separately from injections 62310 (Injection[s], of diagnostic or therapeutic substance[s] [including anesthetic, antispasmodic, opioid, steroid, other solution], not including neurolytic substances, including needle or catheter placement, includes contrast for localization when performed, epidural or subarachnoid; lumbar or sacral [caudal]) or 62311 (… cervical or thoracic).
The contrast injection is included in epidural injection, but you can bill the contrast agent or dye separately.
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