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Cone Beam Technology
Date: Dec 29, 2014
Question:
We have a new piece of equipment that is being used to assist in guidance. The doctors each dictate the use of it a little differently, but in essence it looks to me like it might be most accurately coded with 76377. Here is a sample of the technique description: This case was performed using the I-guide feature of the Siemens artist Q. fluoroscopy suite. Guidance was performed using rotational cone beam, the 3D reconstruction, with extensive use of a workstation 2 project and then confirm the needle trajectory." Is this description adequate to capture CPT code 76376 or 76377? Can we even code for the use of this type of guidance?
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