AMA CPT® Assistant - 2011 Issue 2 (February)

Radiology: Diagnostic Radiology (Diagnostic Imaging) (Q&A) (February 2011)

February 2011 page 9b Radiology: Diagnostic Radiology (Diagnostic Imaging) Question: CPT codes for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies of the upper and lower extremities divided into codes for studies of the joint and nonjoint. CPT codes for computed tomography (CT of the upper and lower extremities are not divided in such detail, as their descriptors reference the broader terms of upper extremity or lower extremity. An MRI of the left elbow without contrast and an MRI of the left humerus without contrast are captured by two CPT codes, ie, 73221 for the elbow and 73218 for the humerus. What...

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