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?
<span>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.</span>
