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Extracranial Vein Duplex Study

Date: Sep 29, 2021

Question:

In the CPT manual, it states that "Duplex scan (e.g. 93880, 93882) describes an ultrasonic scanning procedure for characterizing the pattern and direction of blood flow in arteries or veins..." However, CPTs 93880 and 93882 only have the description for arterial studies in their CPT description, and per your Diagnostic Radiology Coding Reference, only mentions the need for imaging documentation of arteries. How would you code an extracranial venous duplex study, as they are imaging the veins and not the arteries of the neck?

Question ID : 15950
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