Occipital Nerve Block

Preferred Label : Occipital Nerve Block;

NCIt definition : The injection of medications near the greater and lesser occipital nerves to decrease pain due to migraines, spondylosis or nerve damage.;

NCI Metathesaurus CUI : CL937621;

Details

Origin ID

C157940;

UMLS CUI

C4763941;

Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
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- CPTAC Codelists Terminology [NCIt concept]
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- CPTAC Treatments Codelist [NCIt concept]

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