Radiology Question for the Week of April 22, 2024
If a practitioner orders a complete abdominal echo (76700) and the patient’s gallbladder has been removed, would we then charge for a limited (76705)?
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If a practitioner orders a complete abdominal echo (76700) and the patient’s gallbladder has been removed, would we then charge for a limited (76705)?
We received a patient from the ER who presented with severe pelvic pain. The HCG indicated pregnancy, but there was no intrauterine pregnancy so an ectopic is suspected. What is the correct code for this scenario?
What happens when a physician converts an external drainage catheter to
an internal-external drainage catheter. Is this an exchange? What code do we report for this in 2024?
A computed tomography (CT) study of the temporal bones in the axial plane is followed by a CT study of the temporal bones in the coronal plane. Which code or codes should be reported?
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