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Determine Approach for Rhizotomy

Published on Tue Feb 08, 2011

Question: How should I report an occipital rhizotomy?Washington SubscriberAnswer: Although the question does not specify the location, the most common rhizotomy is performed at the greater occipital nerve (see article above). You should report 64640 (Destruction by neurolytic agent; other peripheral nerve or branch) for performing a desctuctive lesion of the occipital nerve.
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