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Double Digital Block

Published on Mon Dec 12, 2022

Question: Encounter notes indicate that the ED provider performed a digital block on two levels of a patient’s intercostal nerve. Should I report 64420 x 2? AAPC Forum Subscriber Answer: No, you should report: 64420 (Injection(s), anesthetic agent(s) and/ or steroid; intercostal nerve, single level) for the first-level injection +64421 (… intercostal nerve, each additional level (List separately in addition [...]
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