AMA CPT® Assistant - 2008 Issue 12 (December)

Medicine: Neurology (December 2008)

December 2008 page 10a Medicine: Neurology, 95999 (Q&A) Question: What is the appropriate code to report for preconfigured electrode array nerve conduction, wave study, and/or reflex testing? Answer: Currently, there is no specific code in the CPT codebook that distinctly describes the preconfigured electrode array nerve testing. Therefore, when using CPT codes to report these services, the unlisted code 95999, Unlisted neurological or neuromuscular diagnostic procedure, should be reported for this testing. However, alternative coding and procedural nomenclature as contained in other code sets may allow reporting of a more specific code for these services. It would not...

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