AMA CPT® Assistant - 2019 Issue 4 (April)

Medicine: Pulmonary Diagnostic Testing and Therapies (Q&A) (April 2019)

April 2019 page 11 Medicine: Pulmonary Diagnostic Testing and Therapies Question: When performing bronchodilation responsiveness testing (94060), is administration of the bronchodilator itself included or may it be reported separately? Answer: The administration of the bronchodilator is included in code 94060, Bronchodilation responsiveness, spirometry as in 94010, pre- and post-bronchodilator admission, and may not be reported separately. This differs from other codes such as 94010, Spirometry, including graphic record, total and timed vital capacity, expiratory flow rate measurement(s), with or without maximal voluntary ventilation, in which the administration of the bronchodilator is not included and may be reported separately...

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