November 2002 page 10a
Coding Consultation:Questions and Answers
Medicine, 96530, 62368 (Q&A)
A clarification
to this article was published in July 2006.
Question
Is it appropriate to report code 96530 in addition to code 62368? Please clarify.
AMA Comment
Code 96530, Refilling and maintenance of implantable pump or reservoir, is reported for the implantable pump or reservoir refill, which is separately reportable from the electronic analysis with reprogramming. Code 62368, Electronic analysis of programmable, implanted pump for intrathecal or epidural drug infusion (includes evaluation of reservoir status, alarm status, drug prescription status); with reprogramming, should be used to...
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