AMA CPT® Assistant - 2016 Issue 4 (April)

Evaluation and Management: Hospital Inpatient Services (Q&A) (April 2016)

April 2016 page 8 Evaluation and Management: Hospital Inpatient Services Question: Is CPT code 93010, Electrocardiogram, routine electrocardiogram (ECG) with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only, separately reportable when performed by the same health care provider in conjunction with an inpatient hospital evaluation and management (E/M) service? Answer: Yes, code 93010 may be reported separately in conjunction with any E/M service, as appropriate. As stated in the E/M Services guidelines on page 6 of the CPT® 2016 Professional Edition codebook, "[a]ny specifically identifiable procedure (ie, identified with a specific CPT code) performed on or subsequent to the...

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