AMA CPT® Assistant - 2010 Issue 5 (May)

Medicine: Hydration, Therapeutic, Prophylactic, Diagnostic Injections and Infusions (Q&A) (May 2010)

May 2010 page 9a Medicine: Hydration, Therapeutic, Prophylactic, Diagnostic Injections and Infusions (Q&A) Question: What is the appropriate CPT code to report when a patient receives two or three intramuscular injections? Answer: CPT code 96372, Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection (specify substance or drug); subcutaneous or intramuscular, should be reported for each intramuscular (IM) injection performed. Therefore, if two or three in-jections are performed, it would be appropriate to separately report code 96372 for each injection. Modifier 59, Distinct Procedural Service, would be appended to the second and any subsequent injection codes listed on the claim form. Note...

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