Pain Prep — The All-in-One Education Map for Interventional Pain Procedures
Pain Prep is a free, all-in-one educational reference that standardizes interventional pain procedures and makes the process of performing an injection consistent, safe, and world-class. It brings together everything a clinician needs to prepare for, perform, document, code, and follow up on a procedure — in one place, organized the same way every time.
What Pain Prep covers
Pain Prep maps 85+ interventional pain procedures across 22 categories. Every procedure follows the same standardized 14-section workflow so nothing is missed:
- Pre-procedure checklist — step-by-step readiness for a safe, standardized injection
- Anticoagulation guidance — ASRA-based risk level with a medication hold-and-restart table
- CPT coding — procedure codes with billing detail
- Denial prevention — common denial reasons and suggested chart language
- ICD-10 codes — matching diagnosis codes
- Patient education — printable handouts
- Exercises — physical therapy and home programs
- Imaging — fluoroscopic and ultrasound guidance
- Preference card — equipment, medications, and supplies
- Prior-authorization letter — medical-necessity letter templates
- Research & evidence — guideline recommendations and key studies
- Sample clinic note — documentation template
- Sample procedure note — operative-style note template
- Post-procedure instructions — recovery and aftercare
Procedure categories
- Epidural injections (caudal, interlaminar, and transforaminal — cervical and lumbar)
- Facet & medial branch blocks
- Radiofrequency ablation (lumbar, cervical, genicular, sacroiliac, and basivertebral nerve)
- Sacroiliac (SI) joint injections, nerve blocks, and fusion
- Joint & trigger point injections (including piriformis and trochanteric bursa)
- Peripheral nerve blocks (occipital, intercostal, genicular, suprascapular, and ultrasound-guided regional blocks)
- Vertebral augmentation — vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty
- Sympathetic blocks — stellate ganglion, lumbar sympathetic, and celiac plexus
- Headache & cervicogenic procedures — atlanto-axial, atlanto-occipital, trigeminal, Botox for chronic migraine, and sphenopalatine ganglion block
- Pelvic pain — ganglion impar and pudendal nerve blocks
- Regional anesthesia catheters
- Spinal cord stimulation — trial and permanent implant
- Disc procedures — discography and percutaneous decompression
- Neuroplasty / adhesiolysis
- Intrathecal therapy — trial, pump implant, and refill
- MILD procedure
- Peripheral nerve stimulation — trial, implant, and 18 nerve-specific targets
- DRG stimulation
- Platelet-rich plasma (PRP)
- Peptide injections
- Ketamine infusion
- Acupuncture for chronic low back pain
Who Pain Prep is for
Pain Prep is built for interventional pain physicians, anesthesiologists, fellows, residents, advanced practice providers, nurses, and the billing and prior-authorization staff who support them. It also offers CME modules worth 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit each.
Frequently asked questions
What is Pain Prep?
Pain Prep is a free, all-in-one education map for interventional pain procedures. It standardizes the injection workflow across 85+ procedures and 22 categories, each presented in the same 14-section format covering preparation, safety, coding, documentation, and patient education.
Is Pain Prep free?
Yes. Pain Prep is a free educational resource for clinicians and care teams in interventional pain medicine.
Does Pain Prep include CPT codes, ICD-10 codes, and prior-authorization help?
Yes. Each procedure includes CPT codes with billing detail, matching ICD-10 diagnosis codes, common denial reasons with suggested chart language, and ready-to-use prior-authorization and medical-necessity letter templates.
Does Pain Prep provide anticoagulation guidance?
Yes. Every procedure includes ASRA-based anticoagulation guidance with a risk level and a medication hold-and-restart table.
Pain Prep is an educational resource and does not replace clinical judgment. Always follow current guidelines and institutional policy.