Radiology Question for the Week of April 25, 2022
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April 24, 2022
How do you determine whether a bone biopsy would be considered superficial (20220) or deep (20225)?
How do you determine whether a bone biopsy would be considered superficial (20220) or deep (20225)?
How do we code for the instruction of patients on the use of the metered dose inhaler nd/or the hand held nebulizer? We know that service is described in 94664, but we don’t know what additional code if any should be reported or if we should use only 94664. Would we use 94799 for the education portion?
New category III codes that could impact your cardiology coding services and now effective as of January 1, 2022. With these codes now active, cardiology
What code do I report for transcatheter ventricular restoration device implantation ?
How is a grayscale ultrasound of a transplanted kidney, transplanted ureter, and native bladder reported?
When do we report 94799?
How would you code this scenario? An interventional cardiologist performs a PTCA in the LAD artery. The physician also performed angioplasty in the diagonal side branch of the patient’s LAD during the same session.
What is the difference between codes 55700 and 55706? They both describe needle biopsy of the prostate, how do you determine which to use?
Can you bill CNP per hour with negative-pressure ventilation in an acute situation?
The Society for Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) is challenging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to expand coverage for Amyloid PET.
Can injection procedure codes 93563-93568 be reported in conjunction with one another?
We received an order from a referring physician that requested an ultrasound (US) thyroid for nodule assessment and a US soft tissue for a submental mass palpable on the exam. The facility coder believes that the facility should get two charges. The interpretation covers both areas in one report. It is my understanding that US head and neck (CPT® 76536) would cover both of these assessments. Am I correct? The evaluation is performed for two separate reasons, but the imaging is of the neck.
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