AMA CPT® Assistant - 2002 Issue 11 (November)

Medicine (November 2002)

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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