AMA CPT® Assistant - 2012 Issue 6 (June)

Medicine: Noninvasive Vascular Diagnostic Studies (Q&A) (June 2012)

June 2012 page 16a Medicine: Noninvasive Vascular Diagnostic Studies Question: When transcutaneous oxygen tension measurement (TCOM) is performed, but no ankle-brachial indices (ABI) are performed, may code 93922 or 93923 be reported? Answer: No. CPT guidelines list ankle/brachial indices as a requirement to report codes 93922, 93923, and 93924. Therefore, if no ABI is performed in addition to the TCOM, the unlisted CPT code 99199, Unlisted special service, procedure or report, should be reported. Ankle-brachial indices are required in addition to a transcutaneous oxygen tension measurement to qualify for reporting codes 93922, Limited bilateral noninvasive physiologic studies of upper...

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