The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released the 2015 CPT coding changes for pain management.
New codes are added and changes are made in a number of areas, including the following:
- Joint Injection/Aspiration Codes
- Vertebroplasty
- Ultrasound Guidance For Needle Placement
- Myelography
- Drug Screening
The Society for Pain Practice Management identifies the changes in a free, downloadable document. View the pain management coding changes (doc).
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