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CPT® 94645, Under Pulmonary Diagnostic Testing and Therapies

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 94645 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Pulmonary Diagnostic Testing and Therapies.

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The provider continues administration of an inhalation aerosol treatment with medication for greater than an hour. He performs the procedure to treat acute airway obstruction. Use this code for each additional hour of treatment.

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breathing treatment documentation requirements
Hello - this is what we follow for the 94640 Chapter 11 National Correct Coding Initiative Edits Revision Date (Medicare): 1/1/2019 Page XI-25 thru XI-26 8. CPT code 94640 (pressurized or non-press... [ Read More ]
Modifier for repeat procedures at the same session
per CPT book for 94640 (For more than 1 inhalation treatment performed on the same date, append modifier 76) (For continuous inhalation treatment of 1 hour or more, see 94644, 94645)... [ Read More ]
10 hrs continuous nebulization albuterol
Look at 94644 and 94645. For ten hours, you'd bill 94644 and 94645x9, plus J code for the Albuterol. I can't give you the exact J code for the Albuterol without knowing if it's compounded, non-comp... [ Read More ]
Administration of Oxygen
This was an elusive one for us. Oxygen, like a nebulizer treatment, is a medication administered through the airway. Code 94640 for inhalation treatment less than one hour. For one hour or more, code ... [ Read More ]
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