To reiterate, according to the AMA, when reporting medial branch blocks, if a physician states he intends to inject three medial branch nerves and he injects the L3, L4 and L5 medial branch nerves, we ...
A medial branch block is an injection of a strong local anesthetic on the medial branch nerves that supply the facet joints. The facet joints, also known as the zygapophysial joints, are part of the ...