You Be the Coder:
2020 Injection Codes
Published on Wed Jul 08, 2020
Question: After a level-four evaluation and management (E/M) service for a new patient, the physician diagnoses right-sided sciatica. My physician injected an anesthetic agent into the nerves innervating the patient’s sacroiliac joint. He injected five nerves and used computed tomography (CT) guidance to perform this procedure. Which CPT®/ICD-10 codes should I report? Texas Subscriber Answer: You should be reporting the new-to-2020 code [...]