AMA CPT® Assistant - 1999 Issue 9 (September)

Coding for Analysis/Programming of Neurostimulators (September 1999)

September 1999 pages 1-9 Coding for Analysis/Programming of Neurostimulators     Sidebar: CPT book notes and codes for Neurostimulators, Analysis-Programming     Figure 1: Placement of Neurostimulator Electrodes through Laminectomy (63655)     Figure 2: Percutaneous Implantation of Neurostimulator Electrodes (63650)     Figure 3: Implantation Neurostimulator Electrodes, Cranial Nerve (Vagal Nerve Stimulation (64573)     Figure 4: Placement of Cranial Neurostimulator (64590) For CPT 1999 a new series of codes (95970-95975) was established to differentiate the time and effort associated with evaluation, testing, programming or reprogramming of neurostimulator systems. Due to technological advances, a new series of complex neurostimulators have been developed and are clinically available and effective...

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