AMA CPT® Assistant - 2006 Issue 9 (September)

Medicine: Special Services, Procedures and Reports (September 2006)

September 2006 page 15-end Medicine: Special Services, Procedures and Reports, 99070 (Q&A) Question A patient is given a supply of electrodes for use when receiving electrical stimulation. This supply was ordered exclusively for the patient. Is this a supply expense that can be captured by reporting code 99070, Supplies and materials (except spectacles), provided by the physician over and above those usually included with the office visit or other services rendered (list drugs, trays, supplies, or materials provided)? AMA Comment Supplies and materials provided by the physician (eg, sterile trays, drugs), over and above those usually included with...

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