South Carolina Subscriber. Answer: If the physician blocks the nerve, report (Injection, anesthetic agent; other peripheral nerve or branch); append modifier (Bilateral procedure) if he performs a bilateral block. If he performs a destruction instead, submit (Destruction by neurolytic agent; other peripheral nerve or branch). Physicians administer auriculotemporal nerve blocks to . Question:What procedure code applies to a supraorbital nerve injection? Subscriber Answer:Code the procedure as a supraorbital nerve block with (Injection, anesthetic agent; trigeminal nerve, any division or branch).Explanation: The supraorbital nerve branches off the ophthalmic nerve (V1 division of the trigeminal nerve). Physicians typically inject the supraorbital nerve to treat supraorbital neuralgia.
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