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Prepare Yourself With Novel Codes To Report Neurolysis in 2012 by James Smith
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Prepare Yourself With Novel Codes To Report Neurolysis in 2012 |
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Keep a count of joints, irrespective of the numbers of nerves. While reporting the paravertebral facet joint nerve injections in 2012, you will no more be counting nerves that your surgeon targeted. Till now, you have been reporting injections for each nerve at a distinct vertebral level. Effective Jan. 1, you'll require adjusting your technique to look for the particular anatomical site involved along with the work that your surgeon did. Read this expert medical coding article for more on what changes does CPT 2012 brings for these injections in: what goes obsolete and what new comes in. CPT 2012: Know the Deletions Here are four CPT codes that will be deleted in 2012: 64622 (Destruction by neurolytic agent, paravertebral facet joint nerve; lumbar or sacral, single level) +64623 (Destruction by neurolytic agent, paravertebral facet joint nerve; lumbar or sacral, each additional level [List separately in addition to code for primary procedure]) 64626 (Destruction by neurolytic agent, paravertebral facet joint nerve; cervical or thoracic, single level) +64627 (Destruction by neurolytic agent, paravertebral facet joint nerve; cervical or thoracic, each additional level [List separately in addition to code for primary procedure]) CPT 2102: Look at Novel Codes You will find four new CPT codes in 2012. These include the following: 64633 (Destruction by neurolytic agent, paravertebral facet joint nerve[s], with imaging guidance [fluoroscopy or CT]; cervical or thoracic, single facet joint) +64634 (Destruction by neurolytic agent, paravertebral facet joint nerve [s], with imaging guidance [fluoroscopy or CT]; cervical or thoracic, each additional facet joint [List separately in addition to code for primary procedure]) 64635 (Destruction by neurolytic agent, paravertebral facet joint nerve[s], with imaging guidance [fluoroscopy or CT]; lumbar or sacral, single facet joint) +64636 (Destruction by neurolytic agent, paravertebral facet joint nerve[s], with imaging guidance [fluoroscopy or CT]; lumbar or sacral, each additional facet joint [List separately in addition to code for primary procedure]) Don't Distinctly Report Image Guidance When reporting neurolysis described by new CPT codes 64633-64636, ensure that your surgeon has used and documented the image guidance used to carry out the paravertebral facet joint nerve destruction. The CPT 2012 codes are inclusive of the image guidance, so you do not individually report the fluoroscopy or CT guidance used for the paravertebral nerve localization. Keep in mind that image guidance with either fluoroscopy or CT is both required and is bundled into the new CPT codes. CPT 2012 Tip: You do not report 77003 (Fluoroscopic guidance and localization of needle or catheter tip for spine or paraspinous diagnostic or therapeutic injection procedures [epidural, subarachnoid, or sacroiliac joint], including neurolytic agent destruction) for fluoroscopic guidance and 77012 (Computed tomography guidance for needle placement [eg, biopsy, aspiration, injection, localization device], radiological supervision and interpretation) for CT guidance with 64633-64636.
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