AMA CPT® Assistant - 2002 Issue 10 (October)

Medicine (October 2002)

October 2002 page 11a Coding Consultation:Medicine Medicine, 95075 (Q&A) Question When testing for food allergies, my physician will perform an ingestion challenge test using different types of food. Depending on the number of items, this may take several hours to complete. Can the prolonged service codes be reported for the additional time spent with the patient? AMA Comment Code 95075, Ingestion challenge test (sequential and incremental ingestion of test items, eg, food, drug or other substance such as metabisulfite), is intended to be reported only one time for a single encounter, regardless of the total time spent performing...

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