AMA CPT® Assistant - 2022 Issue 6 (June)
Questions and Answers (June 2022)
June 2022 page 19 Questions and Answers Evaluation and Management: Office or Other Outpatient Codes Question: For Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) Evaluation and Management (E/M) Office or Other Outpatient Services codes (99202-99215), does blood pressure (BP) monitoring of a non–critically ill patient through an arterial line count as a physiologic test? Answer: An arterial line is not typically used to monitor BP in a non–critically ill patient. BP monitoring is a vital-sign assessment and not a physiological test. Question: For E/M Office or Other Outpatient Services codes (99202-99215), does continuous pulse oximetry count as a physiologic test? Answer:...
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