When coding a US retroperitoneal Complete for US kidneys ureters bladder, my sonographers tell me that nine times out of ten, the ureters in most patients are not visible unless there is hydronephrosis. If we image the kidneys and bladder but the ureters are not seen and charge a complete, should the radiologist dictate ureters are not visualized so we can charge a complete (code 76770)?
Can I code an abdomen complete ultrasound (76700) and an elastography ultrasound (76981) on the same date of service?
Is a physician’s prescription required for Medicare to cover a screening mammography?
Is there a guideline that states that patients with a history of mastectomy must revert to a screening mammography study after a set number of negative diagnostic studies or after a specified number of years post-mastectomy?
What type of mammogram should a patient receive who has a personal history of biopsy-proven benign breast disease?
Please clarify whether a screening mammogram or a diagnostic mammogram should be performed on an asymptomatic patient with augmented breasts (e.g., breast implants).
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 CPT codes are appropriate for US of the right face to evaluate venous malformation?
A physician ordered an ultrasound study to check for abdominal ascites and asked the skin be marked if the ultrasound study is positive. The ordering physician, subsequently, did the paracentesis procedure at the bedside “without” imaging guidance based on the skin markings. How are these studies reported?
A patient had two different gray-scale ultrasound exams (76536) completed at the same encounter; one for thyroid nodules and one to evaluate a soft-tissue lump on the patient’s jawline. Can we bill for both of these exams separately?
What do we code for soft tissue ultrasound?
If left and right ultrasound exams for pleural effusions is performed, is it appropriate to report two units of code 76604? The code description states “includes mediastinum,” does that make it a unilateral or bilateral code?
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