CPT^® 95909, Under Nerve Conduction Tests

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 95909 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Nerve Conduction Tests.

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In this procedure, the provider performs five or six nerve conduction studies, a diagnostic test to evaluate the function, especially the ability of electrical conduction of the motor and sensory nerves of the human body.

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EMG denial

I have a few denials from BCBS that I’m hoping someone can offer some guidance on. We billed 95909 and 95886 with a dx of G56.01 (CTS). The denial/appeal states this has to be a limited emg study (... [ Read More ]

Nerve Conduction Study

[QUOTE="jbland, post: 487865, member: 249959"] I have a question. Normally when we do Nerve Conduction Studies, we also bill EMG as well. Sometimes, an EMG is not done due to patient refuses or unab... [ Read More ]

Nerve Conduction Study

95909 is 5-6 studies. M79.642 is pain in left hand R20.1 is hypothesia of skin What may be happening is that Medicare is saying that 5-6 studies is not medically necessary for those diagnoses. How ... [ Read More ]

Nerve Conduction Study

I have a question. Normally when we do Nerve Conduction Studies, we also bill EMG as well. Sometimes, an EMG is not done due to patient refuses or unable to do. In a couple of cases I have billed j... [ Read More ]

95909

Does cpt code 95908-95909 (NCS) should have RT and/or LT modifier? Thank you!... [ Read More ]

Nerve Conduction Study Question

I know this is a bit old, but I found it to be an interesting question. Only once in the last 7 years can I recall us bringing a patient back on a different day to finish an EMG/NCV. In this case, t... [ Read More ]

NCS Help

This would be a total of 6 nerve conduction studies or 95909. The Right Tibial-AH F Wave study is performed on the same nerve as the Right Tibial motor (Abductor Hallicus Brevis aka AH) testing. The... [ Read More ]

Emg/ncs help!

[b]Is F-Wave Counted Separately?[/b] The F-Wave is counted as part of the Nerve Conduction Studies and is not to be counted separately. On page 200, column 2 in the 2019 CPT Manual it notes "That for... [ Read More ]

Intraoperative neurophysiology monitoring with Electrocorticogram 95940 + 95829

95940 is an add-on code that requires one of the parent codes to be also reported: [INDENT]This code can be reported with code(s): 92585, 95822, 95860, 95861, 95863, 95864, 95865, 95866, 95867, 95868,... [ Read More ]

NC Study and Medicare Denials

Fellow neuro coders. Help We have been submitting claims to medicare for nerve conduction study and they have been denied as "medically unnecessary". Example of one clinical note: "This is a 71-ye... [ Read More ]

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