AMA CPT® Assistant - 2019 Issue 1 (January)
Radiology: Diagnostic Radiology (Diagnostic Imaging) (Q&A) (January 2019)
January 2019 page 14 Radiology: Diagnostic Radiology (Diagnostic Imaging) Question: How should a post-myelogram computed tomography (CT) imaging of the thoracolumbar regions (including mid-thoracic through lumbosacral junction levels) be reported? Answer: Report codes 72129, Computed tomography thoracic spine; with contrast material, and 72132, Computed tomography, lumbar spine; with contrast material. CT procedures "with contrast" are defined as intravascular, intrathecal, or intraarticular contrast in the CPT code descriptor. Therefore, because contrast is used in myelography, the post-myelogram CT imaging should be reported using code(s) that state "CT with contrast."♦ Radiology: Diagnostic Radiology (Diagnostic Imaging). CPT® Assistant. 2019; January 2019...
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