AMA CPT® Assistant - 2006 Issue 11 (November)

Medicine: Allergy and Clinical Immunology (November 2006)

November 2006 page 23 Medicine: Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 95117 (Q&A) Question Is it appropriate to report 4 units of code 95117, Professional services for allergen immunotherapy not including provision of allergenic extracts; two or more injections, if an allergist administers four separate injections on the same date of service? AMA Comment The code descriptors for codes 95115 and 95117 distinctly account for the number of injections for which each professional service of allergen immunotherapy is to be reported. Specifically, code 95115 is reported for a single injection, while code 95117 is reported for two or more injections...

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