CPT Knowledgebase - Jul 27, 2006

I would like clarification of how code 20550, Injection, tendon sheath, ligament, trigger points or ganglion cyst, should be interpreted for the purpose of billing, when being performed by a physiatrist who does not perform surgery but performs trigger point injections. Why is this code classified in the Surgery: Musculoskeletal System area of the CPT book, as no other code in the book describes the procedure of trigger point injections being performed by a physiatrist?

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