Patient presents today for an injection to the lumbar interspace for pain control. Patient was placed in the prone position, and his lumbar area was sterilized. Local anesthesia is administered. The epidural space was then injected with 12 cc of 0.5% Lidocaine and 30 mg of Aristocort. The needle was removed, and the wound was dressed. There were no complications noted. CPT Code: 62323 Review each case and look for errors in coding. Once you have reviewed each case, complete the following: Identify the coding error (s) made in each case and identify what the correct code (s) for each case; Provide the rationale to support the coding error (s) that you identified for each case to include CPT coding guidelines and conventions for the error(s) made in each case.
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