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Unlicensed Cosmetic Surgery Hospitalizes 6 in N.J.

New Jersey medical authorities are investigating the incidence of and issuing alerts on unlicensed cosmetic surgery providers after 6 women suffered...

Rotator Cuff Repair Restores Strength, Not Function

Rotator cuff surgery may restore a patient's normal shoulder strength, but mobility issues persist in the repaired joint, according to researchers a...

Do Patients Expect Too Much From Joint Replacement?

Even with a thorough pre-op education program, more than two-thirds of joint replacement patients don't share the expectations that their surgeons d...

Archive > July, 2008 Vol. IX, No. 7
Coding & Billing
Easing the Pain of Coding Facet Joint Injections
G. John Verhovshek, MA, CPC

The term "facet joint injection" may describe either a nerve block (CPT 64470 to 64476) or a more extensive nerve destruction (CPT 64622 to 64627). To confuse matters further, CPT defines both nerve blocks and nerve destructions as occurring per "level," although the definition of "level" varies between the two types of procedures. Let's set things straight.

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