AMA CPT® Assistant - 2009 Issue 12 (December)
Radiology (December 2009)
December 2009 page 13b Bonus Feature:Radiology Question: How should chest X-rays for a patient with a 2-view chest X-ray, frontal and lateral, plus a right and left lateral decubitus be coded? Is it correct to code CPT 71020, Radiologic examination, chest, 2 views, frontal and lateral; and two units of CPT 71035 Radiologic examination, chest, special views, or CPT 71030 Radiologic examination, chest, complete, minimum of 4 views? Kathleen Petruzzelli RN, CPC, CPC-H, CCS, CCS-P Answer: Code 71030 Radiologic examination, chest, complete, minimum of 4 views should be reported. To assign and report appropriate the CPT codes, the documentation...
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