CPT 95865

Question: When performing electromyography (EMG) on cranial nerve supplied muscles via the endotracheal tube sticker electrode, the sticker electrode measures one channel of EMG from both sides. Thus, it is bilateral monitoring with a single channel. Would that be considered unilateral (95867) or bilateral (95868)?

Answer:

Code 95865, Needle electromyography; larynx, should be reported as opposed to 95867 or 95868. Code
95865 represents inherently bilateral recording.