AMA CPT® Assistant - 2014 Issue 1 (January)

Coding Correction: CPT code 95887 (January 2014)

January 2014 page 8 Coding Correction: CPT code 95887 In the February 2012 CPT Assistant article titled "EMGs As Add-On Codes When Performed with Nerve Conduction Studies," the article incorrectly included the larynx and hemidiaphragm in the list of sites recognized for code 95887, Needle electromyography, non-extremity (cranial nerve supplied or axial) muscle(s) done with nerve conduction, amplitude and latency/velocity study (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure). Those two services were specifically excluded from the new EMG codes. The following is the incorrect text from the February 2012 article: Code 95887 is intended to be...

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