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73060-26

Date: Jun 13, 2014

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"INDICATIONS/COMMENTS: ORIF LT PROXIMAL HUMERUS IN OR RESULT: Left humerus. Two intraoperative C-arm images demonstrate patient to be status post ORIF of proximal humeral fracture with plate and screw fixation. There is gross anatomic alignment of the fracture. CONCLUSION: Intraoperative images confirming hardware position and alignment."

Can the radiologist report code 73060-26 for the dictation? Can the hospital charge code 73060 for the saved C-arm images since there is a dictation? Is the fluoroscopy CPT code a component of surgical code 23615, or can we report code 76000? If the surgeon must request the dictation, should that be documented in the operative report, radiology dictation, or both?

Question ID : 5750
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