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Returning MRI Sagittal STIR Sequence
Date: Feb 12, 2014
Question:
I do coding and billing at an MRI office, and recently we have had a few patients who have had MRIs done of the lumbar spine. Furthermore, the referring physician(s) have ordered another MRI of the lumbar spine, but this time using the technique of a sagittal STIR sequence imaging. So, how should we code procedurally, the second MRI visit with sagittal STIR, if the same area was scanned one month early?
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