OxyContin overdose prognosis. In an emergency, OxyContin overdose doesnât need to be fatal. If you delay treatment, though, an OxyContin overdose can be deadly or can result in permanent brain damage. Difficulty breathing can cut off air to the brain and cause permanent health issues.xyContin overdose complications. The most dangerous complication of OxyContin overdose is slowed or shallow breathing. An OxyContin overdose can even cause your breathing to stop, if you take enough of the drug.
Trigger Point Injections (20552 and 20553) Always read the full description of a CPT code. For example, 20552 is reported for 1 or 2 muscle groups injected and 20553 is reported for 3 or more muscle groups injected. Example: The patient presented with trigger points in the upper right shoulder and neck region. Injections of lidocaine 2% were injected into three areas of the neck and two areas of the right shoulder into the previously located trigger points. The patient tolerated the procedure well.
During this procedure, a health care professional, using a small needle, injects a local anesthetic that sometimes includes a steroid into a trigger point (sterile salt water is sometimes injected). With the injection, the trigger point is made inactive and the pain is alleviated. Usually, a brief course of treatment will result in sustained relief. Trigger point injection is used to treat muscle pain in the arms, legs, lower back, and neck. In addition, this approach has been used to treat fibromyalgia, tension headaches, and myofascial pain syndrome (chronic pain involving tissue that surrounds muscle) that does not respond to other treatment.