Question

A 50-year-old patient is admitted for a repair of a laceration to the diaphragm resulting from an accident involving a bus that ran into a ditch. she also received eight trigger point injections into the transverse abdominus muscle due to pain resulting from the accident. what cpt code(s) are assigned?

Answer 1

The CPT codes that are assigned are CPT code 39501 and 20552. The patient has a laceration in the diaphragm and code 39501 must be used for a repair diaphragm laceration.

In addition, she has also received eight trigger point injections due to muscle pain so CPT code 20552 is the right code to use for single or multiple trigger points on any particular day.