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CPT® 94060, Under Pulmonary Diagnostic Testing and Therapies

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 94060 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Pulmonary Diagnostic Testing and Therapies.

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The spirometry test is performed with a spirometer. The instrument displays a graphical representation, known as a spirogram, of the test results. The basic forced volume vital capacity (FVC) test is done by asking the patient to inhale and exhale air through the sensors of the device. The speed and volume of the air is measured and the result is displayed on a graph. A bronchodilator drug is also given to the patient and the spirometry test is performed before and after the drug administration to find out the difference between results obtained in two different phases. The difference in results helps to deduce the responsiveness of the respiratory system to the bronchodilator.

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Reading ONLY of a PFT
If you are ordering, not performing, and then reading and interpreting the findings with report, then the code with -26 is usually appropriate. I don't code for pulm, but it does sound like you are d... [ Read More ]
Reading ONLY of a PFT
So what is a complete PFT? My provider orders but we only charge to read . The sheets have Spirometry- pre and post Bronch, Lung Volumes, Diffusion, Airway Resistance . Is this the complete PFT with ... [ Read More ]
Bundling of CPT codes 94060 and 94664
When I enter the 94060, 94664 and add the XU modifier into my encoder, I'm not getting any edits that this would not be allowed.... [ Read More ]
PFT Bundling Code (Help Needed)
You bill 94060 when Spiro done using bronchodilator If no bronchodilator then 94010.... [ Read More ]
Pulmonary Coding Question
Our provider is a PCP but also specializes in Pulmonary. The doctor goes to the hospital and reads PFT's - we have been coding as follows: 94726, 94060 (with bronchodilator) or 94010 (without bronchod... [ Read More ]
Coding Pulmonary
Our provider is a PCP but also specializes in Pulmonary. The doctor goes to the hospital and reads PFT's - we have been coding as follows: 94726, 94060 (with bronchodilator) or 94010 (without bronchod... [ Read More ]
PFT Bundling Code (Help Needed) pft pulmonoary
Trying to clean up the billing department and my provider reads PFTS. He has a patient that he did a PFT with Bronch, DLCO, Spiro, and Lung Volume Study on. I am being told that we should bill 94060 a... [ Read More ]
Spirometry codes
Could anyone help me with a problem we are having about Highmark not paying for 94060 when we use it with 94729 and 94726 with modifier 26 for the interpretation of a complete PFT. They keep denying ... [ Read More ]
Spirometry Denials
I work at a Pulmonary office in Pennsylvania and we are having issues with Highmark denying 94060 when we bill it with 94726 and 94729 on the same date of service with modifier 26. They are saying max... [ Read More ]
Pulmonary function tests
I see this all the time and see no reason why 94010 would be denied unless there is a Payor specific issue. I have never seen it denied in my office so far and I see 94060 or 94010 billed all the tim... [ Read More ]
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