AMA CPT® Assistant - 2004 Issue 9 (September)

Medicine (September 2004)

September 2004 page 13a Coding Consultation:Questions and Answers Medicine, 92506, 90806, 90901 (Q&A) Question Is CPT code 92506, Evaluation of speech, language, voice, communication, auditory processing, and/or aural rehabilitation status, a time-based code? AMA Comment From a CPT coding perspective, codes that do not include an increment of time in the descriptor do not utilize time as a component for determining the use of the code. Specifically, code 92506 is reported without regard to the length of time spent performing the service because it is not a time-based code. Medicine (September 2004). CPT® Assistant. 2004; September 2004 page...

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