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Question #: 47
Topic #: 7
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A 35-year-old is coming in for trigger point injections for right-sided thoracic spine pain. Four points are injected with Depo-Medrol 40 mg/mL on the rhomboid major and rhomboid minor muscles under ultrasonic guidance.
Which CPT® coding is reported for the injections?

  • A. 20552, 76942
  • B. 20552 x 4, 76942
  • C. 20606
  • D. 20553
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Suggested Answer: B -
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by Medica at Oct. 24, 2023, 8:30 a.m.

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Siri1233
Highly Voted 1 year, 2 months ago
Answer is A bcz there are no count for injections only count for muscles there are 2 muscles code for 20552 and code for ultrasonic guidance
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mathunit1
Most Recent 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Selected Answer: A
Google results say that the answer is A.
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PKP79
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Codes for the Trigger point injections are determined by the number of muscles injected not the number of injections administered, therefore the correct answer is A.
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TeeChee
7 months, 1 week ago
The answer is A because 20552 is NOT an add on code, therefore, you cannot do a multiplier (i.e. 20552 x 4)
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MelsWells
1 year, 1 month ago
Answer is A
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Medica
1 year, 2 months ago
20552 says single or multiple points then is it necessary to 20552x4??
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