AMA CPT® Assistant - 2000 Issue 3 (March)

Medicine Tests and Measurements (March 2000)

March 2000 page 11a Coding Consultation Tests and Measurements, Medicine, 97750, 95831, 95832 (Q&A) Question Does code 97750, Physical performance test or measurement (eg, musculoskeletal, functional capacity), with written report, each 15 minutes, include the manual muscle testing codes 95831 and 95832, or can 95831 and 95832 be reported separately? AMA Comment CPT codes 95831 and 95832 are designated as "separate procedures." Therefore, if in the process of performing the work described in code 97750, the physician also performs the work described in codes 95831 and 95832, then it would not be appropriate to report those codes...

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