Compliance Question of the Week – Radiology

Are there “territories” for intravascular lesions?

What is the difference between exchange and conversion for biliary drainage?

Can we use the OB ultrasound codes when the US identifies an ectopic pregnancy or no pregnancy?

How do you code for a screening mammogram when additional magnification views are required for a suspected abnormality? May I code both a diagnostic mammogram and a screening mammogram?

What code(s) would I report for an injection of contrast for a previously placed cholecystostomy tube evaluation and change?

A CT study of T10 through L3 with contrast is ordered. Which code is used to describe this service?

What is the code for a male mammogram?

Can we report CT codes for without, with and without and with contrast together during the same encounter?

Is it appropriate to separately report a specimen radiograph performed after a breast localization procedure?

What is the correct code for evaluating residual bladder volume via ultrasound?
I have assigned code 76857 (ultrasound, limited pelvis).

Former or current welders or other metal workers frequently have orbit x-rays done prior to a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to make sure there are no metal fragments in the eye. What diagnosis code would be assigned for this situation?

Our radiologist interpreted a right upper and lower quadrant (RUQ and RLQ) ultrasound ordered by the ER physician. The spleen was not examined so we cannot assign code 76700. Is it appropriate to code 76705 twice and add a 59 modifier to the second one?