Date Issued: 1/7/2020
In accordance with the recommendation of the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM), all needle electromyographic (EMG) examination services, nerve conduction studies, and associated services (CPT codes 95860-95887, 95905-95913, 96003-96004, G0255, and S9300) must be performed by a physician specially trained in electrodiagnostic (EDX) medicine. EmblemHealth only credentials physicians who specialize in neurology and physical medicine/rehabilitation, and/or physiatry who have special training in the diagnosis and treatment of neuromuscular diseases and in the application of neurophysiological techniques.