Tag: lumbar puncture

Basics about 62270 CPT code (Lumbar Puncture) A lumbar spinal puncture is performed for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. A lumbar puncture (spinal tap) is performed in your lower back, in the lumbar region. During a lumbar puncture, a needle is inserted between two lumbar bones (vertebrae) to remove a sample of cerebrospinal fluid. This is the fluid that surrounds your brain and spinal cord to protect them from injury. We have separate CPT code for lumbar puncture in medical coding. CPT code 62270 and 62272 are used for coding lumbar/spinal puncture  procedures.  We have learnt about coding spinal injection, which are now…