AMA CPT® Assistant - 2006 Issue 8 (August)

Medicine: Special Dermatological Procedures (August 2006)

August 2006 page 11b Medicine: Special Dermatological Procedures, 96900 (Q&A) Question If procedure code, 96900, Actinotherapy (ultraviolet light), is performed on different anatomical areas (eg, hand, foot) during the same session, would it be appropriate to report code 96900 twice? AMA Comment Code 96900 is reported once per session. Therefore, if actinotherapy is performed on different anatomical areas (eg, hand, foot), code 96900 should be reported one time only, regardless of the number of anatomical areas treated. Medicine: Special Dermatological Procedures, 96900 (Q&A). CPT® Assistant. 2006; August 2006 page 11b ...

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