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Wiki Pain Management
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tadove1980
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MBB or facet injections for lumbar are 64493/64494/64495.
sleepycats
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Those are the codes our facility uses too.
MRVance
New
Coder
Is there a global period for these services? I have started coding for a pain magmnt doctor and she sees patients 2 weeks post MBB and is charging 99024. Is this correct?
Is there a global period for these services? I have started coding for a pain magmnt doctor and she sees patients 2 weeks post MBB and is charging 99024. Is this correct?
mhstrauss
True Blue
These codes do not have a global period.
debbie.denson74
Contributor
Bilateral Facet Injections
How would you code 64493 and 64494 bilaterally? Do you use a 50 or LT and RT? Please advise.
Debbie
How would you code 64493 and 64494 bilaterally? Do you use a 50 or LT and RT? Please advise.
Debbie
Medicare requires that you separate them our using -LT & -RT modifiers (64493-LT, 64493-RT, 64494-LT, 64494-RT). you would bill bilateral with a -50 modifier on each code for commercial, but check your contracts to be sure. In the contract language it will tell you how they want you to code/bill for bilateral procedures.