Georgette, a 57-year-old female, experiences polyneuropathy in the right arm due to a spur located at C4-C5. She presents today in the pain clinic for epidural injection by the anesthesiologist of an anesthetic agent for the purpose of pain control. Select the appropriate CPT and ICD-10-CM codes.

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The correct CPT code for an epidural injection in the cervical or thoracic spine is 62320, which includes injection of diagnostic or therapeutic substances, not including neurolytic substances, without imaging guidance. The ICD-10-CM code D16.6 corresponds to a benign neoplasm of the vertebral column, which could be related to the spur causing the polyneuropathy.

Georgette, a 57-Year-Old Female, Experiences Polyneuropathy in the Right Arm