AMA CPT® Assistant - 2004 Issue 7 (July)

Proper Use and Reporting of Needle Electromyography: CPT Codes 95860-95870 (July 2004)

July 2004 page 6 Coding Communication:Proper Use and Reporting of Needle Electromyography: CPT Codes 95860-95870 Reporting needle electromyography (EMG) services has prompted many questions. One commonly asked question about needle EMG studies concerns the number of muscles required to be studied per limb in order to use the limb EMG codes 95860-95864. Another frequent question concerns the use of CPT codes 95869 and 95870. Codes 95869 and 95870 should be reported for limited needle EMG studies of specific muscles in the limbs and trunk musculature. CPT Codes 95860Needle electromyography; one extremity with or without related paraspinal areas 95861two extremities...

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