AMA CPT® Assistant - 2013 Issue 5 (May)

THEN and NOW: Plethysmography (94726) (May 2013)

May 2013 page 11 CPT Assistant THEN and NOW As medical terminology and the performance of services and procedures change, so do the associated reporting methods. In this feature, we will regularly revisit previously published articles to correct, revise, update, and/or reiterate long- standing information. Plethysmography (94726) The March 1999 (p 10) and September 2003 (p 15) editions of CPT Assistant contained Coding Consultation Questions and Answers pertaining to the reporting of CPT codes 93720-93722 for total body plethysmography. CPT codes 93720-93722 were unbundled services that separately identified total body plethysmography with interpretation and report (93720), the tracing only...

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