CPT Knowledgebase - Feb 26, 2014

Radiofrequency technology is used to treat chronic hip pain by denervating the femoral and obturator nerves through the creation of a neuroablative lesion by heating the tissue above 60 degrees Celsius. Under fluoroscopic guidance, a radiofrequency probe is inserted percutaneously, and after performing a motor stimulation, denervation of the articular branch of the femoral nerve is performed. Using a separate insertion, denervation of the articular branch of the obturator nerve is then performed. Is code 27035, Denervation, hip joint, intrapelvic or extrapelvic intra-articular branches of sciatic, femoral, or obturator nerves, the appropriate code to report this procedure?

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