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There is quite a fiesty debate going on in our office today I would like to know is it posibble to bill CPT(R) 62310, 62311 along with 77003 per the CPT(R) 2012 guidelines - thanks in advance for your reply.
Page 319 of the 2012 CPT book... "Fluoroscopy (for localization) may be used in the placement of injections reported with 62310 - 62319, but is not required. ......." The body of the dictation has to include information that the fluoroscopy was used if using 77003.
You can definitely bill a 77003 with either code and expect reimbursement, the trick is the insurance. There is no way to unbundle the two when billing medicare but a private insurance like BCBS will pay for fluoro with the epidural. You just have to know the insurance since they all can differ so much!