Question

Mrs. marsden slipped on the ice last winter and fractured several lumbar vertebrae. since then she has required pain management therapy at her local hospital with an anesthesiologist. he performs a therapeutic injection of 5% marcaine mixed with the steroid decadron (16mg) into the nerve located in the facet joints at levels l3-l4 and l4-l5 on both sides at each level. what cpt® code(s) are reported for this procedure?

Answer 1

The cpt codes that should be reported for this procedure are as follows: 64493-50, 64494-50. The reason for this is that these codes are for the injection of the lumbar. 64493 is the injection specifically, and 64494 is referencing L4. The -50 is added to show that the injection was done on both sides.