A 42-year-old with chronic left trochanteric bursitis is scheduled to receive an injection at the Pain Clinic. A 22-gauge spinal needle is introduced into the trochanteric bursa under ultrasonic guidance, and a total volume of 8 cc of normal saline and 40 mg of Kenalog was injected.
What CPT® code should be reported for the surgical procedure?
I thought the answer was A, as it does not mention, with Permanent recording and reporting.
20610 (answer A) states without ultrasound guidance, which the procedure did use
ITS B. ITS ULTRASONIC GUIDANCE FOR NEEDLE LEG BIOPSY ASPIRATION INJECTION LOCALIZATION DEVICE IMAGING SUPERVISION AND INTERPRETATION MODIFIER LT. FOR LEFT SIDE
B. 20611-LT, 76942. b is used for the aspirationand /or injection into major joint or bursa (trochanteric bursa. and ultrasound guided
D. 20610 IS USED FOR THE ASPIRATION AND INJECTION INTO A MAJOR JOINT OR BURSA AND LT OF THE MODIFIER PROCEDURE CODE 76942. IS USED FOR THE ULTRASOUND
The google results says that it's 20611-LT, which is C.