A young man has to have a lumbar spinal tap performed to obtain cerebrospinal fluid. This will be done with a needle for diagnostic purposes so that the fluid can be tested. What is the correct code for this procedure?

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62270 is the correct code for a diagnostic lumbar spinal puncture.
Code 62269 is incorrect because this is the code for a biopsy of the spinal cord with a percutaneous needle. Code 62272 is incorrect because this is the code for a therapeutic spinal puncture for drainage of cerebrospinal fluid by needle or by catheter. Code 62273 is incorrect because this code is for the injection/epidural of blood or clot patch

A Young Man Has to Have a Lumbar Spinal Tap