Wiki Lidocaine injection-Patient presented

[LanaW]

Patient presented for IUD placement - we did a lidocaine injection for pain management - can I bill sperately for this? If so, what is the correct HCPCS please?
Thank you!

Lana

 

[Lisa Bledsoe]

You cannot bill for local anesthesia for a procedure. See the Surgical Package Definition in CPT. Do not use J2001 as that is for IV infusion.

 

[preserene]

Lisa ,well if local for the integumentary I agree. if it was a pudental block , won't it be considered a regional?; more over here, it is more likely that the physician gave a pudental for the a better dilation of the cx of a stenosed Cx or to manage with stricture or pinhole OS?

 

[Lisa Bledsoe]

The CPT Surgical Package Definition applies to all procedures.