We did an ultrasound on a patient who has a lump externally in the epigastric region. What code should be assigned?
Are fraction time amounts or rounding up allowed when reporting code 94781?
We are wondering if you would provide some guidance regarding the use of CPT code 77071 – ‘Manual application of stress performed by a physician or other qualified health care professional for joint radiography…’? When stress imaging of a joint is performed, in order to charge for 77071 (as well as the joint /anatomic site and # of views) is it necessary that the report specifically document who applied the stress, similar to the ultrasound of infant hips with manipulation (76885)?
How is the following scenario coded? A patient undergoes angioplasty and bare-metal stenting of a distal LC lesion through a vein graft followed by the placement of a separate drug-eluting stent in the proximal native vessel via separate access.
Do you have any tips for reporting radiopharmaceuticals with code 78015?
What component services are inappropriate to separately report for code 94621?
Can we report code 93567 for the evaluation of an aortic dissection without a cardiac catheterization?
If you are coding a computed tomography (CT) with contrast exam, and the contrast amount and type is given within the technique, but the words “with IV contrast” are not specifically used, does this suffice for the with contrast requirements?
For cervical carotid stenting, is there a code for ‘each additional vessel’?
What code would I report for professional interpretation in molecular pathology?
We have a referring physician that insists on ordering a unilateral screening mammogram on the same script as a unilateral diagnostic mammogram. Can you please advise as to the correctness of this order?
If a temporary pacemaker (TPM) lead is inserted during a diagnostic heart cath, is it appropriate to charge for this lead placement if the patient does not leave the procedure room with it (the pacemaker lead)?
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