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Ultrasound and CT guidance

Date: Sep 17, 2012

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Dr. Z, We had a patient at our hospital that was scheduled for an ultrasound guided renal biopsy. After prepping the patient, the ultrasound imaging was unsatisfactory for biopsy so the patient was moved to CT where the biopsy was performed. I now have both departments trying to submit charges for this biopsy. I believe that we should only code for the CT guidance (77012) and 50200. Is this correct? Should we also be using the code 76942-74? Thanks for your help. Chris McCoy
Question ID : 4103
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