AMA CPT® Assistant - 1998 Issue 12 (December)

Medicine, 95926 (Q&A) (December 1998)

December 1998 page 10e Coding Consultation Medicine, 95926 (Q&A) Question Can CPT code 95926, Short-latency somatosensory evoked potential study, stimulation of any/all peripheral nerves or skin sites, recording from the central nervous system; in lower limbs, be reported separately for testing of the tibial, peroneal, saphenous and sural nerves, or should they all be included in the SSEP of all lower extremities? AMA Comment CPT code 95926 is intended to be reported one time regardless of how many nerves or skin sites in the lower limbs are stimulated. If the test performed is unilateral, append the -52 modifier...

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