AMA CPT® Assistant - 2014 Issue 10 (October)
Medicine: Neurology and Neuromuscular Procedures (Q&A) (October 2014)
October 2014 page 15b Medicine: Neurology and Neuromuscular Procedures Question: If chemodenervation is performed on four extremities (eg, 64642, 64643, 64644, 64645), can four units of code 95874, Needle electromyography for guidance in conjunction with chemodenervation (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure), be reported? Answer: Yes. The parenthetical statement in the Destruction by Neurolytic Agent (eg, Chemical, Thermal, Electrical, or Radiofrequency), Chemodenervation subsection, page 363 of CPT 2014 states "Do not report more than one guidance code for each corresponding chemodenervation of extremity or trunk code." Therefore, the needle electromyographic (EMG) add-on code 95874 is...
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