AMA CPT® Assistant - 2019 Issue 8 (August)

Breast MRI with Computer-aided Detection (August 2019)

August 2019 pages 5-6 Breast MRI with Computer-aided Detection For the 2019 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set, four new codes (77046-77049) were added to report breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and three codes (77058, 77059, 0159T) were deleted to align with the structure of the other breast-imaging code families. The four new MRI codes specify the use of contrast materials and include “computer-aided detection (CAD), when performed” to enable accurate reporting of the specific breast imaging performed. This article will focus on these 2019 changes in the Radiology section. Breast, Mammography  77046Magnetic resonance imaging, breast, without contrast...

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