AMA CPT® Assistant - 2016 Issue 9 (September)

Coding Update: Films Vs Images (September 2016)

September 2016 page 7 Coding Update: Films Vs Images Historically, CPT codes for radiography services in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract (74240-74251) referred to views that were collected in analog (ie, film format). Therefore, the GI tract radiology code descriptors included the term "film(s)" to reflect previously used technology. For the CPT 2016 code set, the descriptors for codes 74240, 74241, 74245, 74246, 74247, 74250, and 74251 were revised to replace the term "films" with the term "images" to reflect current technology. For example, see code 74240. 74240Radiologic examination, gastrointestinal tract, upper; with or without delayed images, without KUB In...

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