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US Guided Steroid injection Breast

  • 1.  US Guided Steroid injection Breast

    Posted 11-01-2022 12:44
    Hi All,

    We have some breast surgeons/breast providers asking us to inject steroids into the breast.  Below is the protocol

    • Assess sonographic area of granulomatous mastitis
    • Draw up the steroid mixture (cannot be pre-mixed for us)
      • Smaller area: 2mL steroid mixed with bupivacaine
      • Larger area: 4mL steroid mixed with bupivacaine to fill 10mL syringe
    • Skin and subcutaneous anesthesia with 1% lidocaine
    • Inject steroid/bupivacaine mixture into the area of GM

    How should this been coded? 

    TIA
    Holly

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    Holly Wallner
    Practice Administrator
    TRG, LLC
    Portland, OR
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