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CPT 49465 with regular films instead of fluoroscopy
Date: Aug 6, 2021
Question:
For CPT code 49465, we have patients who have the service done without fluoroscopic guidance. Instead, a portable x-ray machine takes a series of about ten films within a few seconds of each other. How would this be coded? Although normally provided with fluoroscopy, the code description simply says image documentation.
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