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XR SPINE SCOLIOSIS STANDARD

Date: Sep 19, 2022

Question:

Please advise the CPT coding for these two notes. Thank you!

Order: XR SPINE SCOLIOSIS STANDARD (STANDING AP, LAT); XR LUMBOSACRAL SPINE STANDARD + FLEX AND EXT

Clinical- Scoliosis

Technique:

Scoliosis series with stitched frontal and lateral standing views of the entire spine to assess total spine alignment.

Four views of the lumbosacral spine including flexion/extension views

Report# 2-

Order: XR LUMBOSACRAL SPINE 2-VIEW (AP, LAT); XR SPINE SCOLIOSIS STANDARD (STANDING AP, LAT)

CLINICAL HISTORY: spinal stenosis ; spinal stenosis.

TECHNIQUE: Scoliosis series with stitched frontal and lateral standing views of the entire spine to assess total spine alignment.

Two views of the lumbosacral spine.

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