AMA CPT® Assistant - 2009 Issue 1 (January)

Radiology/Diagnostic Radiology (Diagnostic Imaging) (January 2009)

January 2009 page 8 Radiology: Diagnostic Radiology, 76080, Modifier 22 (Q&A) Question: Would code 76080 be used to report an intraoperative fistulogram using methylene blue-tinted peroxide? The color was injected into the external fistula openings, to trace their openings in the rectum or colon. The fistula tract was very difficult to fully identify because it extended deep into the abdominal cavity into the tip of the Barnett cuff that wraps around the ileostomy portion. Answer: Yes. The use of peroxide tinted methylene blue as contrast does not alter the use of code 76080, Radiologic examination, abscess, fistula or...

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