AMA CPT® Assistant - 2013 Issue 6 (June)
Medicine: Noninvasive Vascular Diagnostic Studies (Q&A) (June 2013)
June 2013 page 14a Medicine: Noninvasive Vascular Diagnostic Studies Question: In order to report code 93922, what additional procedures must be performed in addition to a Doppler-derived ankle-brachial index (ABI)? Answer: Code 93922, Limited bilateral noninvasive physiologic studies of upper or lower extremity arteries, (eg, for lower extremity: ankle/brachial indices at distal posterior tibial and anterior tibial/dorsalis pedis arteries plus bidirectional, Doppler waveform recording and analysis at 1-2 levels, or ankle/brachial indices at distal posterior tibial and anterior tibial/dorsalis pedis arteries plus volume plethysmography at 1-2 levels, or ankle/brachial indices at distal posterior tibial and anterior tibial/dorsalis pedis arteries...
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