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Lumbar Facet Blockade Service Specific Review

Noridian Administrative Services (NAS) initiated a service specific review on November 1, 2011, for claims for Lumbar Facet Blockade and associated services.  NAS Medical Review is reviewing documentation submitted to support claims for CPT codes: 64493-64495 and 64622-64623 suspended during this … Continue reading

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Complications of Surgical Procedure within Global Period

Q. If a patient is readmitted to the hospital within the global period of a surgery and the reason for admission is a complication of the surgery, but the treatment of that complication does not require a return trip to … Continue reading

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