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Code for Both NCV and EMG When Done On Same Day

Published on Thu Mar 29, 2012

Question: How do we report when our physician performs two motor NCV and no F tests were done, two sensory NCV tests, one limb EMG testing six muscles, and another limb EMG testing three muscles. How many units of EMG do we report in this case? New York Subscriber Answer: You should use the new 2012 CPT® codes for NCV and EMG. For the motor NCV without F wave testing that your physician does, you report 95900 (Nerve conduction, amplitude and latency/velocity study, each nerve; motor, without F-wave study) x2. For the sensory NCV that your physician does, you report code 95904 (Nerve conduction, amplitude and latency/velocity study, each nerve; sensory) x2. For the EMG, you select the codes depending upon whether the EMG done was complete or limited. You report code 95886 (Needle electromyography, each extremity, with related paraspinal areas, when performed, done with nerve conduction, amplitude and latency/velocity [...]
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