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Our urologist and radiation oncologist work together on brachytherapy cases, and we’ve been coming documentation within the Radiation Oncologist reports that supports “transrectal ultrasound probe is inserted into the rectum to visualize and measure the volume of the prostate using planimetry “does this meet documentation and medical justification to report CPT code 76872? We should also take in consideration that he (Radiation Oncologist) is also reporting the transrectal guidance (CPT code 76965) for these cases which bundled with 76872, based on CCI edit.