AMA CPT® Assistant - 1996 Issue 2 (February)
Pulmonary Medicine, 94010-94799 (Q&A) (February 1996)
February 1996 page 9a Coding Consultation Pulmonary Medicine, 94010-94799 (Q&A) Question The instructions preceding the pulmonary medicine codes 94010-94799 state they include laboratory procedures. If a patient's work-up includes spirometry testing, as well as arterial blood gas analysis, can I code these tests separately? AMA Comment The 94010-94799 series of codes describe diagnostic and therapeutic procedures performed in a pulmonary department or facility/pulmonary lab. The term "laboratory" in the notes does not refer to the services that are reported using codes 80002-89399. If a patient's visit includes services from the pathology and lab series (80002-89399), as well as...
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