AMA CPT® Assistant - 2015 Issue 9 (September)

Coding Update: Code 94640 (September 2015)

September 2015 page 9 Coding Update: Code 94640 For the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) 2016 code set, code 94640 will be editorially revised to clarify that this is a bundled code representing both diagnostic and therapeutic services. The Coding Brief in the March 2014 CPT Assistant entitled "Pulmonary Diagnostic Testing and Therapies" addressed the previous reporting mechanism for code 94640. This coding update reflects the 2016 changes associated with this code. Note that the underlined code descriptor for code 94640 indicates the revisions and/or changes in the code descriptor. 94640Pressurized or nonpressurized inhalation treatment for acute airway obstruction for...

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