Ultrasound-guided regional nerve block

Summary

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued full guidance to the NHS in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on ultrasound-guided regional nerve block.

Description

There are a number of conditions for which regional anaesthesia to allow surgery is required for a specific part of the body. This technique aims to provide accurate placement of local anaesthetic by using ultrasound guidance to position needles that deliver the local anaesthetic in the correct place next to the nerves.

OPCS4.6 Code(s):

Y53.2 Approach to organ under ultrasonic control is added in a secondary position to the OPCS-4 code(s) for the nerve block procedure.

_{The NHS Classifications Service of NHS Connecting for Health is the central definitive source for clinical coding guidance and determines the coding standards associated with the classifications (OPCS-4 and ICD-10) to be used across the NHS.   The NHS Classifications Service and NICE work collaboratively to ensure the most appropriate classification codes are provided.  www.connectingforhealth.co.uk/clinicalcoding}

 

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	IPG285 Ultrasound-guided regional nerve block: guidance (web format)	11 February 2011
	IPG285 Ultrasound-guided regional nerve block: guidance	28 January 2009
	IPG285 Ultrasound-guided regional nerve block: understanding NICE guidance	28 January 2009
	IPG285 Ultrasound-guided regional nerve block: understanding NICE guidance (MS Word format)	28 January 2009
	IPG285 Tywysiad uwchsain i osod blaen nodwydd ger nerf i roi anesthetig a/neu boenladdwr: deall canllawiau NICE (fformat MS Word)	03 November 2009
	Ultrasound-guided regional nerve block: consultation comments	28 January 2009
	Ultrasound-guided regional nerve block (interventional procedures consultation)	28 July 2008
	Ultrasound-guided regional nerve block (interventional procedures overview)	28 July 2008