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64680 with 64530?

Date: Feb 23, 2021

Question:

We have a patient who has pancreatic cancer. Patient is here for CT-guided celiac nerve block followed by celiac neurolysis with alcohol. Can we code both 64680 and 64530? Previous advice from 2016 said to only code 64680. Is this advice still correct for 2021?

Question ID : 15081
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