Neurology & Pain Management Coding Alert
Reporting Tilt Table Function Tests
Question: After our physician made several attempts to evaluate the autonomic function of a patient with Guillain-Barre syndrome, she decided to perform autonomic function testing. Using a tilt table, the physician tested the patient’s parasympathetic and adrenergic functions. How should I code this encounter?
Oklahoma Subscriber
Answer: Based on your description, the best coding course would be to report 95924 (Testing of autonomic nervous system function; combined parasympathetic and sympathetic adrenergic function testing with at least 5 minutes of passive tilt) for the entire encounter.
Be sure to append G61.0 (Guillain-Barre syndrome) to 95924 to prove medical necessity for the encounter.
Also: CPT® forbids you from reporting these two codes with 95924:
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