AMA CPT EDITORIAL PANEL APPROVES USE OF CYBERONICS' VNS THERAPY(TM) SYSTEM PROGRAMMING CODES

Cyberonics, Inc. today announced that it was recently notified by the American Medical Association (AMA) that its CPT Editorial Panel has approved a parenthetical cross reference in the CPT Coding Manual directing physicians to codes 95970, 95974 and 95975 for analysis/programming of neurostimulators, including Cyberonics' VNS Therapy System, for the treatment of treatment-resistant depression (TRD). The parenthetic will appear in the Other Psychiatric Services or Procedures section.

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