AMA CPT® Assistant - 2013 Issue 10 (October)

Special Otorhinolaryngologic Services: Speech Evaluation Codes (October 2013)

October 2013 pages 7-10 Special Otorhinolaryngologic Services: Speech Evaluation Codes Special otorhinolaryngologic services are often performed by otolaryngologists, audiologists, and speech-language pathologists (SLPs), or by these professionals in collaboration with one another. The services include evaluation, analysis, and diagnostic and therapeutic treatment of speech, language, and voice impediments. Various forms of assistive communication and listening devices including hearing aids are used in the evaluation and treatment of speech, language, and voice impediments. This article focuses on describing the intent of the special otorhinolaryngologic services codes in the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set. The following three CPT codes...

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