AMA CPT® Assistant - 2016 Issue 6 (June)

Fetal Magnetic Resonance Imaging (74712, 74713) (June 2016)

June 2016 page 5 Fetal Magnetic Resonance Imaging (74712, 74713) Two new codes (74712, 74713) were added to the Radiology: Gynecological and Obstetrical subsection of the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2016 code set to report fetal (including placental) and maternal pelvic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). These new codes are distinctly different from codes 72195-72197, which are used to report MRI of only the pelvis and/or placenta, but not the fetus. Performing MRI examinations directed toward fetal and placental anomalies may supplement findings identified on obstetrical ultrasound examinations, particularly those that are limited by technical factors, such as imaging...

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