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Posting Date: 04/01/2025

If a patient fails an initial diagnostic or therapeutic injection is there a certain criteria that must be fulfilled prior to considering it again, such as duration since the last injection (like over a year ago) or change in symptom character or location?

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Posting Date: 04/01/2025

Can the patient can have two diagnostic SIJI and then four therapeutic SIJI within a 12-month rolling period for a total of six per year?

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Posting Date: 04/01/2025

What is the time period between a therapeutic injection and repeat diagnostic, if the therapeutic injection has not been performed for an extended period? At this point, does diagnostic need to be repeated?

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Posting Date: 04/01/2025

What is the purpose of a diagnostic injection, to select patients for fusion surgery only? Also, with diagnostic injections using anesthetic and steroid, what is the duration of effect expected for the steroid?

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Posting Date: 04/01/2025

Do we use the KX modifier on facility charges for the ASC?

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Posting Date: 04/01/2025

It does not make sense to use steroids during a diagnostic injection. Please explain.

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Posting Date: 04/01/2025

Does anti-inflammatory steroid as named in the diagnostic injection mean an injected NSAID or corticosteroid?

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Posting Date: 04/01/2025

What is the time period between a therapeutic injection and repeat diagnostic? If the therapeutic injection has not been performed for an extended period of time does diagnostic need to be repeated?

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