A patient needs to have an anesthetic agent injected into the superior hypogastric plexus nerve. What CPT code should be used for this procedure?

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64517 is the correct code for anesthetic agent injection of the superior hypogastric plexus.
Code 64505 is incorrect because this injection is for the sphenopalatine ganglion. Code 64510 is incorrect because this code is for injection of the stellate ganglion. Code 64520 is incorrect because this code is for injection of the lumbar or thoracic nerves.

A Patient Needs to Have an Anesthetic Agent Injected into the Superior