January 23, 2020 Question: We had a denial for a knee injection and a trigger point injection in the neck.…

January 9, 2020 Question: Physician was performing a spine injection and the patient chose to only have local anesthesia. During…

December 19, 2019 Question: One of our Providers recently completed Trigger Point injections to Bilateral Thoracic Paraspinals and Bilateral Trapezius…

December 5, 2019 Question: If bilateral spinal electrode are placed percutaneously, 63650, can both be reported? Answer: Yes, if two…

November 14, 2019 Question: My MD performed an SI joint injection with ultrasound guidance in the office. What is the…

  October 31, 2019 Question: Would you mind giving your opinion? I saw a patient from urgent care yesterday with…

October 17, 2019 Question: Our physicians have instructed us to bill under a physician’s NPI number for all Advanced Practitioners…

October 3, 2019 Question: We get calls from patients to renew their medications. When the patient comes to office to…

September 19, 2019 Question: We are hiring a scribe for the doctor because it will help improve his documentation.  Is…

September 5, 2019 Question: Can we bill implantation of a trial neurostimulator (63650) with CPT code 95970 for the electronic…

Does Your Practice Treat Pain? AAOSNow – August 2019  by Cheryl Toth Interventional pain management is a growing specialty, and…

August 22, 2019 Question: One of our pain management doctors saw a patient in the hospital at the request of…

August 8, 2019 Question: Can our PA perform joint injections for Medicare patients Incident-to the physician? Answer: This depends on…

July 25, 2019 Question: I’ve been dictating CPT and ICD-10-CM codes in my procedure note so that my coder knows…

July 11, 2019 Question: Our physicians have instructed us to bill under a physician’s NPI number for all Advanced Practitioners…

June 20, 2019 Question: Can you provide the CPT code for this procedure? Also can I report an E/M service…

June 6, 2019 Question: A patient comes to our office for a sacroiliac joint injection and is also requesting a…

May 23, 2019 Question: I know that CPT code 64910 is the code I report for a nerve repair of…

May 9, 2019 Question: I am new to pain management and am trying to find the correct CPT code for…

April 25, 2019 Question: In our office we have LPN’s working in our office who are giving trigger point injections…

April 11, 2019 Question: What does “separate procedure” mean when it follows a CPT code description? Answer: Per CPT :…

March 28, 2019 Question: If I perform a transforaminal epidural injection of L4-L5 on both sides can I report CPT…

March 14, 2019 Question: I am trying to find a CPT code for a Botox injection in the right hand,…

February 28, 2019 Question: What CPT code do I use to report a spinal accessory nerve injection? Answer: CPT code…

February 14, 2019 Question: When I perform a hip injection using CPT 20610 and I use fluoroscopic guidance can I…

January 31, 2019 Question: When performing a carpal tunnel injection (20526) using ultrasound, what do I need to document to…

January 17, 2019 Question: My physician inserted a permanent spinal neurostimulator and we used CPT 64655.  He also billed CPT…

December 13, 2018 Question: My pain management physician saw a patient in the office and the chief complaint states that…

November 29, 2018 Question: I have a patient who for the past 6 months, has noticed an increase pain in…

November 15, 2018 Question: A patient had an adjustment to his infusion pump and I am not sure what diagnosis…