Neurosurgery Coding Alert

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Focus on Number of Treatment Days for Adhesiolysis

Question: My neurosurgeon performed an epidural lysis of adhesions using hypertonic saline. My neurosurgeon administered four injections during one day. He used a Racz catheter for this procedure, according to the medical documentation. Which CPT® code should I report? Nebraska Subscriber Answer: You should report 62264 (Percutaneous lysis of epidural adhesions using solution injection (eg, hypertonic saline, enzyme) or mechanical [...]
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