tci Outpatient Facility Coding Alert - 2017 Issue 6

Reader Question: Why Am I Getting Denials for 77003?

Question: How can we report fluoroscopic guidance with epidural injections in 2017? I recently reported 77003 and received a denial. Can you explain this? Florida Subscriber Answer: You will no longer use the code 77003 (Fluoroscopic guidance and localization of needle or catheter tip for spine or paraspinous diagnostic or therapeutic injection procedures [epidural or subarachnoid] [List separately in addition to code for primary procedure]) for fluoroscopy when reporting epidural injections in 2017. Note the new injection codes for 2017:  The following are the four new codes that will apply for all claims with a date of service...

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