AMA CPT® Assistant - 2016 Issue 7 (July)

Radiology: Diagnostic Ultrasound (Q&A) (July 2016)

July 2016 page 9 Radiology: Diagnostic Ultrasound Question: When a physician performs color flow with a fetal umbilical artery Doppler (76820), is the color flow included in code 76820 or should an additional CPT code be reported? Answer: When a physician performs color flow with a fetal umbilical artery Doppler, the color-flow mapping (93325) is included in the global service for code 76820, Doppler velocimetry, fetal; umbilical artery, when performed, and should not be reported separately. Radiology: Diagnostic Ultrasound (Q&A) (July 2016). CPT® Assistant. 2016; July 2016 page 9 ...

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