AMA CPT® Assistant - 2004 Issue 9 (September)

Medicine (September 2004)

September 2004 page 13c Coding Consultation:Questions and Answers Medicine, 92546 (Q&A) Question Would it be appropriate to report code 92546, Sinusoidal vertical axis rotational testing, in the absence of a rotational chair if diagnostic results are achieved through a different means (eg, head shake)? AMA Comment From a CPT coding perspective, code 92546, Sinusoidal vertical axis rotational testing, is intended to describe a very specific procedure to evaluate nystagmus. The patient is seated in a computer-controlled chair with the head bent forward 30°. Electronystagmography electrodes are placed to measure nystagmus while the chair is rotated with the patient’...

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