Question

A patient diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis has increasing muscle weakness in the upper extremities. the physician orders needle electromyography (emg) to record electrical activity of the muscles. what cpt® and icd-10-cm codes are reported?

Answer 1

In the current procedural terminology, the person should look for electromyography or needle or extremities and will be directed to the code range 95860-95864. Code selection is based on the number of extremities studied. In this case, two extremities are studied in making 95861 the correct code selection. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS is also known as lou gehrig’s disease. In the ICD-10-CM index to diseases and injuries, which the person must look for sclerosis or amyotrophic or lateral. It is directed to code G12.21.