tci Part B Insider - 2004 Issue 5

NCCI Edits: New Ultrasound Guidance Code to Be NCCI-Approved by April 1

Capture an image to seize reimbursement for 76937If you've been having trouble billing for ultrasound guidance when placing a central venous access device, your troubles could be at an end.A National Correct Coding Initiative edit bundled new code +76937 (Ultrasound guidance for vascular access requiring ultrasound evaluation of potential access sites, documentation of selected vessel patency, concurrent realtime ultrasound visualization of vascular needle entry, with permanent recording and reporting ...) with +75998 (Fluoroscopic guidance for central venous access device placement, replacement, or removal ...). (See Radiology Coding Alert, Vol. 6, No. 2) At the time, many experts said...

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