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Discontinued galactogram

Date: May 8, 2012

Question:

If a patient comes in for a Galactogram (77053, 19030) and the radiologist cannot to get into the duct, can we charge due to the amount of room time, tech time and radiologist time and supplies. The biggest difference between these to me is that this patient has had invasive procedure done before they have to stop the exam. How would you code this?
Question ID : 3755
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