tci Part B Insider - 2005 Issue 28
CPT 2006: Neurologists Welcome New Add-On Codes For Chemodenervation
New vignettes should help to illustrate proper use of 64612-64614In the spring of 2004, the Correct Coding Initiative included edits limiting the use of electromyographic guidance code 95870 with chemodenervation codes 64612-64614 and 64640. And even more restrictive rules were planned for January 2005. But the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electro-diagnostic Medicine worked out a compromise with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, to allow physicians to keep billing for guidance along with chemodenervation until 2006. And to avoid another crackdown next year, neurologists needed a new way to bill for guidance with chemodenervation.The American...
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