Our hospital is receiving an edit for CPT® 19285 stating that we need a device code. We use needles for breast localization. Is there an appropriate HCPCS code that I should be adding to the claim?
If we perform a bone density on the hips and forearm can we bill both 77080 and 77081 together?
As you may remember, major changes including revisions, additions, and deletions were finalized in 2020 for (SPECT/CT) and myocardial PET for nuclear medicine services. Medical
Can you tell me the difference between codes 73040 and 23350?
What if a patient comes to our department for imaging of the AV – Circuit, but they still have a needle/catheter in place and we perform imaging through this “existing” access. Previously I would use code 75791, but since that code is deleted, how do I code for this imaging in this scenario?
Are there separate codes for Pyeloric Ultrasound (US) and ultrasound Abdomen? If so, can these be charged separately if ordered on the same day, same session? Or is it all a US abdomen?
we did an MIBG scan with whole-body planar images at 24 hours after an injection followed SPECT of the abdomen. Would we code 78802, 78803, or both?
When it comes to fine needle aspiration biopsy, Is it ever possible to assign two primary codes at the same session?
Under the scenario that a patient has just an abdominal aorta ultrasound, do we report code 76770 or 76775?
If a film is obtained to verify the position of the clip placed during a needle localization procedure, can we bill this with the unilateral mammogram code 77065?
If a patient has an IV contrast of Isovue 370 for a CT Scan of the Abdomen and oral contrast of 30 ml Gastrografin, do you need to report codes in addition to the CT code? I am being asked about Q9967. This is for hospital billing.
If my provider performs an intervention at the arterial anastomosis, is this defined by arterial angioplasty or stenting codes?
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