LCD L38773: Facet Joint Interventions for Pain Management — CGS Administrators
Pain Management · LCD-L38773
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View alertCPT procedure code
64493 — Injection, paravertebral facet joint, lumbar/sacral, 1 level
Pain ManagementCPT
Medicare payment
$190.39
2026 Physician Fee Schedule · non-facility
Source: CMS Physician Fee Schedule (PPRRVU 2026). CMS fee schedules ↗ · PFS status indicator A
National amount before geographic adjustment. Your MAC's locality rate will differ.
Code definition
Code
64493
Code system
CPT (Current Procedural Terminology)
Description
Injection, paravertebral facet joint, lumbar/sacral, 1 level
Category
Pain Management
Short description sourced from CMS publicly available fee schedule data. Full CPT descriptions are copyright AMA. Not a substitute for the official CPT codebook.
Policy activity for CPT 64493
CLV Intelligence is tracking 8 policy changes that cite CPT 64493 between 2026-06-05 and 2026-07-10, drawn from 4 LCD/NCD coverage updates, 2 MAC LCD revisions and 2 proposed LCDs. The changes span Pain Management. 4 are flagged critical or high priority.
- LCD/NCD coverage updates
- 4
- MAC LCD revisions
- 2
- proposed LCDs
- 2
Counts reflect the source documents CLV has matched to CPT 64493 to date; each links to the government publication that is authoritative. Monitored daily from CMS, the Federal Register, and Medicare Administrative Contractor publications.
Policy changes matched to 64493
Matched to this code by CLV analysis of each policy. The linked source document is authoritative.
High
Proposed LCD DL33930: Facet Joint Interventions for Pain Management — First Coast
Pain Management · LCD-DL33930
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View alertProposed LCD DL34892: Facet Joint Interventions for Pain Management — Novitas
Pain Management · LCD-DL34892
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View alertLCD L38841: Facet Joint Interventions for Pain Management — WPS
Pain Management · LCD-L38841
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View alertLCD L38801: Facet Joint Interventions for Pain Management — Noridian
Pain Management · LCD-L38801
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View alertLCD L38803: Facet Joint Interventions for Pain Management — Noridian
Pain Management · LCD-L38803
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View alertLCD L38765: Facet Joint Interventions for Pain Management — Palmetto GBA
Pain Management · LCD-L38765
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View alertLCD L35936: Facet Joint Interventions for Pain Management — NGS
Pain Management · LCD-L35936
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