You Be the Coder:
Bring In New PVB Codes in 2016
Published on Mon Jan 11, 2016
Question: Our physician performed a thoracic paravertebral block in a patient with spinal injuries. How can we report this procedure? Is it correct to submit codes 64470-64484 and 64490-64493? Alabama Subscriber Answer: According to current CPT® instructions, you should report these paravertebral injections (not facet joint injections) with one of the intercostal injection codes. The best codes are either 64420 (Injection, anesthetic [...]