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23350 and 20610 reportable together?

Date: Feb 14, 2018

Question:

We have scenario in which a patient had a therapeutic injection of Depo-Medrol for shoulder pain (20610) at the same time that Omnipaque, Omniscan, lidocaine, and ropivacaine were injected via a 22 gauge needle inserted into the glenohumeral articulation to perform a diagnostic arthrogram and post arthrogram MRI. Is it appropriate to report code 20610 along with 23350? All meds were injected via one needle. 

Question ID : 10505
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