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76010 foreign body

Date: Aug 11, 2021

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There is only one code that addresses x-ray imaging for a foreign body - code 76010 (Radiologic examination from nose to rectum for foreign body, single view, child). I know that a 1-view chest and a 1-view abdomen should be coded when it takes two images to include nose to rectum on patients longer than 17 inches from nose to rectum. However, how should a 1-view image that goes from the nose to the top of the pelvic bones with the foreign body seen within that one image be coded? The intent is to see where the foreign body is.

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