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Intracept vs treatment for Cluneal nerve

Chronic Pain | Last Active: Jun 18 3:24pm | Replies (8)

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The ultimate treatment for cluneal nerve pain is steroid injection wich needs repaeting over time. The diagnostic for it seems to be rather cut and dried. I think a pain mgmt doc would do the Intercept procedure. The closest one to me [I'm in Ames] is in Council Bluffs Iowa. I will be getting another epidural in a week or so. If that doesn't help then cluneal nerve or Intercept are in the future.

Pretty sure that I've met the Medicare coverage requirements for the Intracept if I get accepted by the performing physician.

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You are right: pain doctors do the Intracept. I was denied TWICE for the procedure! They don't want to pay for it, I guess. They had used the stenosis for a reason, so I had the MILD for the stenosisi; still, they denied the Intracept. Now I plan to have the Neurostimulation. Only time will tell. **The injections did not work after the second one; not at all.