AMA CPT® Assistant - 2012 Issue 4 (April)
Medicine: Neurology and Neuromuscular Procedures (Q&A) (April 2012)
April 2012 page 17c Medicine: Neurology and Neuromuscular Procedures Question: The CPT 2012 codebook includes two new codes used in spinal cord intraoperative monitoring: code 95938 for use when performing both upper and lower SEP, and code 95939 for use when performing MEP for both upper and lower limbs (somatosensory and motor evoked potential [SEP and MEP]). Neither new code, however, is listed explicitly as an add-on code for code 95920. How then do I report four limb SEP and four limb MEP when performed as the base services for IOM with code 95920? Code 95920 clearly indicates to...
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