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CPT® 95867, Under Electromyography Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 95867 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Electromyography Procedures.

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The provider inserts a needle electrode into muscle innervated by cranial nerves on side of the body and records the electrical activity of the muscle or muscles during rest and contraction. He uses a computer and loudspeaker to convert this electrical activity into waveforms and these recordings into audible sounds respectively.

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intraoperative monitoring
[QUOTE="tiaralady6466, post: 473876, member: 228256"] can I code 95867 and 95940 with a superficial parotidectomy? I was under the impression that these can not be billed by the operating physician [/... [ Read More ]
intraoperative monitoring
can I code 95867 and 95940 with a superficial parotidectomy? I was under the impression that these can not be billed by the operating physician... [ Read More ]
95886 Stand Alone
[QUOTE="cmleinenbach, post: 469071, member: 506298"] My Provider only billed for the 95886 (needle EMG) without the primary code because provider did not do a study (95907 through 95913). This was den... [ Read More ]
NCS with or without EMG
[b]Billing for EMG/NCS on different days.[/b] If your provider is billing for these two procedures on different days then perhaps you are not following the CMS guidelines which require in most instan... [ 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 ]
ent cpt codes
1. The workshop is correct. It sounds like you are trying to bill 95867 for intraoperative nerve monitoring, in which case the correct codes would be 95940-95941. If so, if you read the CPT guide... [ Read More ]
ent cpt codes
I have 2 questions 1- is it appropriate to bill 95867 for the primary surgeon ( i was told that this code should not be billed thru a workshop) and 2nd- is cpt code 69670(mastoid obliteration) in... [ Read More ]
95867 Technical Component
Has anyone ever billed 95867 for the TC component only? I never seem to get paid on this. Reason bundled. Any suggestions?... [ Read More ]
Billing CPT 36000
The NCCI edits indicate that a modifier is allowed when it meets the criteria. I would recommend studying the code description then studying the criteria on how to appropriately apply modifier 59 for... [ Read More ]
Cpt 95887
[QUOTE="phoover1955, post: 294746, member: 15099"]I am new to IOM, and have Code 95887 being denied by UHC. I know it's an add-on code, but the other codes billed were: 95941 95938 95937. I need to ... [ Read More ]
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