A 62-year-old man needs to have a trigeminal nerve block to help with the pain caused by shingles. What CPT code should be used for this procedure?

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64400 is the correct code for an aesthetic agent injection into the trigeminal nerve, also known as a trigeminal nerve block.
Code 64402 is incorrect because this code is for the injection of a facial nerve. Code 64405 is incorrect because this code is for the greater occipital nerve and 64408 is incorrect because this code is for the vagus nerve.

A 62-Year-Old Man Needs to Have a Trigeminal Nerve Block