AMA CPT® Assistant - 2002 Issue 8 (August)

Medicine (August 2002)

August 2002 page 11b Coding Consultation:Medicine Medicine, 93350 (Q&A) Question When reporting code 93350, is the administration and the supply of the drug reported separately? AMA Comment No. It would not be appropriate to report the administration of the drug(s), as this is considered to be an inclusive component of code 93350, Echocardiography, transthoracic, realtime with image documentation (2D), with or without M-mode recording, during rest and cardiovascular stress test using treadmill, bicycle exercise and/or pharmacologically induced stress, with interpretation and report. However, it would be appropriate to separately report the supply of the drug(s) used to induce...

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