AMA CPT® Assistant - 2005 Issue 7 (July)

Pulmonary Function Studies (July 2005)

July 2005 pages 11-12 Coding Communication:Pulmonary Function Studies Your lungs have a vital job. They take in oxygen from the atmosphere and allow it to pass into the bloodstream. The red blood cells in your bloodstream transport the oxygen throughout the body. Carbon dioxide, produced as a by product of the body's metabolism, builds up in the bloodstream and is eliminated by the lungs during exhalation. To evaluate the efficiency of this complicated process, your physician may perform various pulmonary function studies in order to evaluate your respiratory system. The codes in the 94010-94799 series are used to report...

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