AMA CPT® Assistant - 2007 Issue 6 (June)

Medicine: Pulmonary (June 2007)

June 2007 page 11-end Coding Communication:Medicine: Pulmonary Question We have had a number of questions regarding CPT 94620, Pulmonary stress testing; simple (eg, 6-minute walk test, prolonged exercise test for bronchospasm with pre- and post-spirometry and oximetry), being used for six-minutes of observed walking with no objective pulmonary assessment, with very short notes of simply stating the patient tolerated the six-minute walk test. Could you please review appropriate performance and reporting of the six-minute walk test that is reported with 94620? AMA Comment The six-minute walk test is the most common test performed in pulmonary stress testing. Code 94620...

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