SI Injections: 27096 Adds Imaging, Subtracts RVUs in 2012

This code's unilateral/bilateral status is key to proper payment.

Your days of choosing between arthrography and fluoroscopic guidance codes for sacroiliac injections are over.

CPT® 2012 changes the definition of 27096 so that it includes fluoroscopic or CT guidance, effective Jan. 1, 2012:

• 2011: 27096, Injection procedure for sacroiliac joint, arthrography and/or anesthetic/steroid
• 2012: 27096, Injection procedure for sacroiliac joint, [...]
  
  - Published on 2012-01-06