AMA CPT® Assistant - 2011 Issue 1 (January)

Correction (January 2011)

January 2011 page 8 Correction Fluoroscopy (76000, 76001, 77001, 77002, and 77003) In the Coding Consultation’s Q&A discussion on fluroscopy in the November 2010, CPT Assistant, the following instruction was provided and the highlighted codes were incorrectly included: It is important to become familiar with the use of the fluoroscopy codes 77001-77003. Fluoroscopic guidance can be performed as the sole imaging associated with a procedure (77001-77003) for which both the procedure and the fluoroscopic guidance are reported. Fluoroscopy may be performed in combination with other imaging during a procedure (eg, peripherally inserted central venous catheter using both...

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