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Complete Joint Ultrasound

Date: Sep 12, 2022

Question:

For a Medicare patient, the doctor orders, for example, complete joint ultrasounds of the bilateral hands/shoulders/elbows and also the knees and the ankles. Can each be billed with the appropriate modifier? I see in the book it says the MUE is 2 but the MAI is 3? Is that two sides per extremity? Each upper and lower?

Question ID : 17773
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