tci Outpatient Facility Coding Alert - 2019 Issue 2

Guidelines: Adhere to Rules on Single-View Chest, Abdomen X-Ray Coding Cases

Learn how to navigate between parenthetical notes and other authoritative sources. Sometimes, even the most basic clinical coding scenarios can prove problematic beneath the surface. That’s certainly the case when it comes to the prospect of coding a single-view chest X-ray and single-view abdominal X-ray at the same encounter. Most coders might think, these are two of the most basic radiology codes available, how challenging can this be? As you’ll see, there’s more to the story than what immediately meets the eye. That’s because, in order to reach the correct answer, you’ll have to...

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