AMA CPT® Assistant - 2004 Issue 10 (October)

Medicine (October 2004)

October 2004 page 15b Coding Consultation:Questions and Answers Medicine 95869, 95861, 95863, 95864, 95860 (Q&A) Question Is it appropriate to report CPT code 95869, Needle electromyography; thoracic paraspinal muscles (excluding T1 or T12), more than once if more than one level is studied? AMA Comment CPT code 95869 should be reported once, or one unit can be reported, regardless of the number of levels studied or whether the study is unilateral or bilateral. This code cannot be reported with CPT codes 95860, 95861, 95863, nor 95864 if only T1 and/or T2 paraspinal muscles are studied and when upper...

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