Our office is having a discussion on how to read a procedure code that has a semicolon in the main discription and then has two other codes under it.
Example
95900 Nerve conduction, amplitude and latency/velocity study, each nerve; motor, without
F-wave
95903 motor, with F-wave study
95904 sensory
doctor notes he did 1 nerve without F-wave, 2 nerves with F-waves and 1 sensory
I think it should be coded
95900 1
95903 2
95904 1
Several are under the impression that you cannot code the 95900 with the 95903 because the parent code is all inclusive. I was taught that it ends where the ; is and all three codes can be coded together.
Example
95900 Nerve conduction, amplitude and latency/velocity study, each nerve; motor, without
F-wave
95903 motor, with F-wave study
95904 sensory
doctor notes he did 1 nerve without F-wave, 2 nerves with F-waves and 1 sensory
I think it should be coded
95900 1
95903 2
95904 1
Several are under the impression that you cannot code the 95900 with the 95903 because the parent code is all inclusive. I was taught that it ends where the ; is and all three codes can be coded together.