CPT Knowledgebase - Jun 16, 2015

The code descriptor for code 64714, Neuroplasty, major peripheral nerve, arm or leg, open; lumbar plexus, implies that this procedure is performed on a singular major peripheral nerve: the lumbar plexus. From an anatomical perspective, the lumbar plexus consists of several different nerves, including but not limited to the ilioinguinal, obturator, and femoral nerves. From a CPT coding perspective, may this code be reported per nerve within the lumbar plexus? Is code 64714 inherently unilateral?

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