CPC · Question #43
A patient with Parkinson's has sialorrhea. The physician administers an injection of atropine bilaterally into a total of four submandibular salivary glands. What CPT® coding is reported?
The correct answer is A. 64611. Injection of atropine: Atropine is administered to reduce sialorrhea. Bilateral submandibular salivary glands: The physician administers the injections into the salivary Total of four glands: Indicates that multiple glands are treated in the same session. CPT code 64611…
Question
A patient with Parkinson's has sialorrhea. The physician administers an injection of atropine bilaterally into a total of four submandibular salivary glands. What CPT® coding is reported?
Options
- A64611
- B64611-50
- C64611-52
- D64611 x 4
How the community answered
(35 responses)- A51% (18)
- B29% (10)
- C6% (2)
- D14% (5)
Explanation
Injection of atropine: Atropine is administered to reduce sialorrhea. Bilateral submandibular salivary glands: The physician administers the injections into the salivary Total of four glands: Indicates that multiple glands are treated in the same session. CPT code 64611 accurately represents chemodenervation of the salivary glands, bilateral. The use of -50, -52, or x4 modifiers is not appropriate since CPT guidelines include bilateral procedures in this code without needing additional modifiers or codes.
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