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5. Injection (s), diagnostic or therapeutic agent, paravertebral facet (zygapophyseal) joint (or nerves innervating that joint) with image guidance (fluoroscopy or CT), lumbar or sacral; second level ...
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One thing to remember about these facet injection codes is that they are reported by facet joint, not necessarily by the number of injections. If the needle (s) is/are located within the facet joint, ...
Additionally, "facet joint or sacroiliac joint interventions in US Medicare recipients increased from approximately 425 000 in 2000 to 2.2 million interventions in 2013," write the researchers. One of ...