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AMA CPT® Assistant - 2006 Issue 1 (January)
Radiology: Diagnostic Ultrasound (January 2006)
January 2006 page 47
Diagnostic Ultrasound, 76856 (Q&A)
This article has been corrected. See March 2006, page 15.
Question
What is the appropriate code
to report for a complete nonobstetrical
pelvic ultrasound performed with real-time
image documentation?
AMA Comment
The appropriate code to report
is 76856, Ultrasound, pelvic (nonobstetric), B-scan
and/or real time with image documentation; complete.
Diagnostic Ultrasound, 76856 (Q&A). CPT® Assistant. 2006; January 2006 page 47
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