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A physician performed the following trigger point injections:
Two injections into the flexor carpi muscle
One injection into the extensor carpi muscle
Three injections into the triceps brachii
One injection into the biceps brachii
What is the correct code for these injections?
  1. 20553 (X7)
  2. 20553
  3. 20552 (X2), 20553 (X5)
  4. 20552, 77021
Explanation
Answer: B - The correct code for these injections is with 20553 (Injection(s); Single or Multiple Trigger Point(s), 3 or More Muscle(s)).20553 is the only code that needs to be reported because it allows for the multiple injections of each muscle and it allows (for three or more muscles). There were four muscles injected, two of which were injected multiple times.
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