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Remember Add-On for Intercostal Shots
Published on Tue Jul 19, 2022
Question: Encounter notes indicate that the provider performed a steroid injection to two levels of an intercostal nerve. I reported 64420 x 2 and the second 64420 was rejected. What did I do wrong? Illinois Subscriber Answer: You should have used an add-on code to report the second injection. Reporting the first instance of 64420 (Injection(s), anesthetic agent(s) and/or steroid; intercostal nerve, [...]