Wiki Trigger Injections for Pain Management

[lcole7465]

So the trigger point injections are still a little confusing... one of my pain doctors performed a trigger point into each temporalis muscle. He wants to bill 20552-50. Everything I'm reading states that the 20552 & 20553 does not use the laterality modifiers. With what I'm reading, since he injected 2 muscles (even though they were on different sides), I would only bill 20552 by itself?

Any input would be helpful..

 

[marvelh]

Agreed. Coding for trigger points is based on the total number of muscles injected - 1 or 2 OR 3 or more. The 20552 & 20553 code can not be reported with the bilateral modifier.