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I have been told that mod 59 is not to be used with trigger point injection codes 20552/ 20553, which makes sense, seeing as how the description explains whether it was 1-2 muscles, as in 20552, or 3 + muscles, as in 20553. You wouldn't attach mod 59 to separate out the different muscles because they are included in the code... HOWEVER, what happens when you are performing trigger point injections along with say... 64483 (injection, anesthetic agent and/or steroid, transforaminal epidural; lumbar or sacral, single level). There is a different dx and documentation supports that they are separate procedures for separate reasons... wouldn't we need to attach the mod 59 to the 20552 to unbundle it from the 64483? Where can I find the info to support or deny the usage of mod 59 on the trigger point in this situation?? any help would be great~!