AMA CPT® Assistant - 2019 Issue 6 (June)

Medicine: Allergy and Clinical Immunology (Q&A) (June 2019)

June 2019 page 15 Medicine: Allergy and Clinical Immunology Question: Rapid desensitization (95180) per hour is sometimes used when an allergist provides several immunotherapy injections on the same day, often referred to as "cluster shots." Should physicians report multiple units of standard allergen immunotherapy codes (95115 or 95117) with the appropriate modifier to indicate several injections were performed on the same day? Or should code 95180 be reported? Answer: It would be appropriate to report code 95180, Rapid desensitization procedure, each hour (eg, insulin, penicillin, equine serum), in both cluster- and rush-accelerated desensitization schedules. It would be inappropriate...

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