AMA CPT® Assistant - 2014 Issue 1 (January)
Medicine: Hydration, Therapeutic, Prophylactic, Diagnostic Injections and Infusions, and Chemotherapy (Q&A) (January 2014)
January 2014 page 10a Medicine: Hydration, Therapeutic, Prophylactic, Diagnostic Injections and Infusions, and Chemotherapy Question: Is code 96372, Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection (specify substance or drug); subcutaneous or intramuscular, appropriate for reporting an epinephrine challenge injection? Answer: No. Challenges of any sort are not appropriate for treatment of acute symptoms. The parenthetical statement in the Allergy Testing subsection in the CPT codebook refers to code 96372, however, this code is reported for treatment of severe symptoms and not for any challenge that is performed for diagnostic purposes only. ♦ Medicine: Hydration, Therapeutic, Prophylactic, Diagnostic Injections and Infusions, and...
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