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Phenol Injection

Date: Dec 19, 2022

Question:

My provider is reporting code 64450 for phenol injection with EMG guidance as 95874. I disagreed with his coding. Do we consider phenol injections as a nerve block or a nerve distraction method? Can we report EMG guidance (95874) with this service?

Question ID : 18132
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