CPT Knowledgebase - Jan 9, 2023

A 50-year-old female undergoes a right mastectomy. Code 19303 RT is reported for the mastectomy primary procedure. In the same operative report, the physician documents administration of transversus abdominis plane (TAP) nerve block injection (64486) for postoperative pain control. Is it appropriate to report both code 19303 RT and code 64486 with modifier 59 appended for the postoperative nerve block?

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