Good afternoon, all,
My physician did an ganglion impar RFA and billed with code 64680, which is for a celiac plexus ablation. I thought at first he had inadvertently "clicked" on the wrong code, so I queried him. He responded: "This was a sympathetic nerve ablation so I assume that this code is correct." I’m still not sold. I have searched on the internet and didn’t find anything. I am leaning toward having to bill this with 64999, but I need to convince my physician that 64680 is not correct. Which of us is wrong? If 64680 is incorrect, can you provide me with the reasoning why. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
My physician did an ganglion impar RFA and billed with code 64680, which is for a celiac plexus ablation. I thought at first he had inadvertently "clicked" on the wrong code, so I queried him. He responded: "This was a sympathetic nerve ablation so I assume that this code is correct." I’m still not sold. I have searched on the internet and didn’t find anything. I am leaning toward having to bill this with 64999, but I need to convince my physician that 64680 is not correct. Which of us is wrong? If 64680 is incorrect, can you provide me with the reasoning why. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!