Policy Revision for Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography Local Coverage Determination and Associated Billing and Coding Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography Local Coverage Article - R7 - Effective December 1, 2019

The following Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) and associated Billing and Coding Article (LCA) have been revised under contract numbers: 02101 (AK), 03101 (AZ), 02201 (ID), 03201 (MT), 03301 (ND), 02301 (OR), 03401 (SD), 03501 (UT), 02401 (WA), and 03601 (WY).

Medicare Coverage Database Number LCD Title and Revision Number
L36526 Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography

 

Medicare Coverage Database Number Billing and Coding Article Title and Revision Number
A54992 Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography

 

Effective Date: December 1, 2019

Summary of Changes: Corrected a typographical in the statement "Nerve conduction studies performed independent of needle electromyography (EMG) may only provide a portion of the information needed to diagnose muscle, nerve root, and most nerve disorders. When the nerve conduction study (NCS) is used on its own without integrating needle EMG findings or when an individual relies solely on a review of NCS data, the results can be misleading, and important diagnoses may be missed" in the LCD. No updates to the LCA were made.

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Last Updated May 04 , 2022