AMA CPT® Assistant - 2013 Issue 9 (September)

Medicine: Neurology and Neuromuscular Procedures (Q&A) (September 2013)

September 2013 page 18b Medicine: Neurology and Neuromuscular Procedures Question: Nerve conduction tests (95907-95913) are performed on the same day as electromyography codes 95885 and 95886 and reported in conjunction. Regarding add-on code 95885, Needle electromyography, each extremity, with related paraspinal areas, when performed, done with nerve conduction, amplitude and latency/velocity study; limited (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure), and code 95886, Needle electromyography, each extremity, with related paraspinal areas, when performed, done with nerve conduction, amplitude and latency/velocity study; complete, five or more muscles studied, innervated by three or more nerves or four or more...

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