Neurology & Pain Management Coding Alert

Question: What is the appropriate code to describe monofilament peripheral neuropathy testing?


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Answer: CPT does not contain a specific code to describe monofilament peripheral neuropathy testing. But you should not turn to an unlisted-procedure code, such as 95999 (Unlisted neurological or neuromuscular diagnostic procedure) to describe the service. Rather, you should include monofilament testing for peripheral neuropathy as part of any E/M service the neurologist provides.

Clinical and coding expertise for You Be the Coder and Reader Questions provided by Neil Busis, MD, chief of the division of neurology and director of the neurodiagnostic laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center at Shadyside, and clinical associate professor in the department of neurology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; and Laureen Jandroep, OTR, CPC, CCS-P, CPC-H, CCS, director and senior instructor for CRN Institute, an online coding certification training center based in Absecon, N.J.