Neurosurgery Coding Alert

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Question: Our physician did an L5-S1 epidural steroid injection and then he did and SI joint block on the right and left sides. Our physician did the Si injection under fluoroscopy. How can we best report these procedures? New York Subscriber Answer: For epidural steroid injection, you report code 62311 (Injection[s], of diagnostic or therapeutic substance[s] [including anesthetic, antispasmodic, opioid, steroid, other [...]
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