A 74-year-old man with pancreatic cancer is going to have his celiac plexus nerve destroyed by a neurolytic agent without radiologic monitoring, to help with the intense pain that is caused by his cancer. What is the correct code for this procedure?

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64680 is the correct code for destruction of the celiac plexus nerve by neurolytic agent with or without radiologic monitoring.
Code 64646 is incorrect because this code is for the chemodenervation of trunk muscles. Code 64650 is incorrect because this code is for the chemodenervation of eccrine glands. Code 64681 is incorrect because this is the code for the destruction of the superior hypogastric plexus.

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