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Get the Digits Right for Separate Nerve Conduction

Published on Fri Feb 05, 2010

Question: My neurologist performed a sensory nerve conduction study on the right median sensory nerve to the patient's first digit and also right median sensory nerve to the patient's third digit. Can I separately report this study as two units of 95904? Or is this considered testing of multiple sites on the same nerve and only one sensory nerve conduction study? Texas Subscriber Answer: Since the median sensory nerve to the first digit (I.D.1) and median sensory nerve to the third digit (I.D.3) are listed separately, you can report 95904 (Nerve conduction, amplitude and latency/ velocity study, each nerve; sensory) with two units of service. This indicates that your neurologist performed two separate and distinct diagnostic sensory nerve conduction studies (NCS). Reminder: Take note that if your neurologist was performing an NCS on multiple sites but on the same nerve, you would only be able to report 95904 once. Likewise, [...]
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