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Follow 3 Steps to Drill Down to the Correct Autonomic Function and EMG Test Codes

Published on Wed Aug 21, 2013

Be wary of overlaps between services and descriptors. Coding can get tricky when physicians perform multiple services during the same patient encounter, especially when you delve into autonomic function tests with EMGs. Case in point: A Neurology and Pain Management Coding Alert subscriber wrote that her neurologist performed multiple autonomic function tests and EMGs during the same encounter. Notes indicated [...]
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