AMA CPT® Assistant - 2003 Issue 8 (August)

Surgery/Urinary System (August 2003)

August 2003 page 14a Coding Consultation:Questions and Answers Urinary System, 50590, 76000, 71023, 71034 (Q&A) Question If fluoroscopic guidance is used for localization and positioning when performing the procedure described by code 50590, Lithotripsy, extracorporeal shock wave, is it appropriate to separately report code 76000, Fluoroscopy (separate procedure), up to one hour physician time, other than 71023 or 71034 (eg, cardiac fluoroscopy), for the fluoroscopic guidance? AMA Comment If fluoroscopic guidance is used for localization and positioning when performing the procedure described by code 50590, then it would not be appropriate to separately report code 76000, as the...

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