AAEM position statements. Billing for same day evaluation and management and electrodiagnostic testing.

The American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) is concerned about an emerging pattern among some payors to deny reimbursement of evaluation and management (E/M) codes to physicians who also bill an electrodiagnostic medicine code (e.g., 95886, 95900) on the same day. This practice is not appropriate. There are many patient-physician interactions that clearly require both a neurologic, physiatric, or electrodiagnostic evaluation and electrodiagnostic medicine (EDX) testing. EDX testing includes such procedures as needle electromyography (EMG) and nerve conduction studies (NCSs).