Pulmonology Coding Alert

Vital: Learn when you can include an E/M service.Coding your pulmonologist's allergy immunotherapy services can be arduous if you aren't up to speed on how to handle injection-only codes and those for antigen preparation. Our expert guidance that follows makes your task easier as we take you through the ins and outs of billing for allergy immunotherapy.Turn to These Codes for Injections OnlyWhen your pulmonologist provides only the injections for the allergy immunotherapy and the allergenic extracts for the injections came from another source, you should code for the injections only, depending on the number of injections provided. If your pulmonologist provided only one injection, reach for CPT® code 95115 (Professional services for allergen immunotherapy not including provision of allergenic extracts; single injection).If your pulmonologist provides more than one injection, use 95117 (Professional services for allergen immunotherapy not including provision of allergenic extracts; 2 or more injections) to report the [...]