Respiratory Question for the Week of November 27, 2017

Question:

In 2018, will 94620 still the code to assign for pulmonary stress testing?

Answer:

For 2018, CPT® code 94620 has been deleted, and code 94621 has been revised. The new descriptor reads as follows:

94621 Cardiopulmonary exercise testing, including measurements of minute ventilation, CO2 production, O2 uptake, and electrocardiographic recordings

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