Medicine (January 2005)

January 2005 page 47a Coding Consultation:Questions and Answers Medicine, 95990 (Q&A) Question If a patient comes in for refill and maintenance of a pump providing spinal infusion of a medication and a nurse provides the service, how is this service reported? AMA Comment From a CPT coding perspective, it would be appropriate to report CPT code 95990, Refilling and maintenance of implantable pump or reservoir for drug delivery, spinal (intrathecal, epidural) or brain (intraventricular). Code 95990 is used to report refilling and maintenance of implantable pumps or reservoirs for spinal and brain drug delivery to specifically identify drug...

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Article Overview

This article presents a coding consultation question and an AMA comment focused on a pump refill and maintenance service in the context of spinal drug delivery. It is intended for coders and billing professionals seeking CPT guidance on how the service was discussed in the January 2005 Medicine Q&A format.

Why This Topic Matters

It helps readers identify whether the article contains a relevant CPT discussion about maintenance services for implantable drug delivery systems and the setting in which that guidance was presented.

Article Sections

  1. Coding Consultation: Questions and Answers

    A Q&A discussion of a coding question and an AMA response related to a pump maintenance service in the Medicine publication.

What You Will Learn

  • The type of coding question addressed in the article
  • The general setting of the AMA response
  • How the article frames pump maintenance guidance within a Q&A format
  • Whether the article is relevant to CPT-related pump service topics

Who Should Read This

  • Medical coders
  • Billing staff
  • Compliance professionals
  • Clinical documentation specialists

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