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AMA CPT® Assistant - 2019 Issue 5 (May)
Surgery: Nervous System (May 2019)
May 2019 page 10b
Surgery: Nervous System
Question: What is the correct CPT code to report percutaneous implantation of a multielectrode neurostimulation lead with an integrated receiver?
Answer: Current Category I codes describe only the implantation of a neurostimulator electrode array, not an array with an integrated receiver. Therefore, the correct code to report for this procedure is 64999, Unlisted procedure, nervous system.
Surgery: Nervous System. CPT® Assistant. 2019; May 2019 page 10b
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