AMA CPT® Assistant - 2006 Issue 6 (June)

Medicine: Acupuncture (June 2006)

June 2006 page 20-end Acupuncture, 97810 (Q&A) Question When reporting acupuncture code 97810, Acupuncture, 1 or more needles; without electrical stimulation, initial 15 minutes of personal one-on-one contact with the patient, or 97813, Acupuncture, 1 or more needles; with electrical stimulation, initial 15 minutes of personal one-on-one contact with the patient, is it appropriate to report more than one initial code per date of service? AMA Comment From a CPT coding perspective, code 97810 or code 97813 should be reported for the initial 15-minute increment, as appropriate. It is important to note that only one initial code is...

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