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Doppler Edits

Date: Feb 6, 2015

Question:

I get an NCCI edit for code 93976. When a female patient comes in for pelvic pain, we do a pelvic ultrasound (76856). If nothing is found, we check for arterial and/or venous flow through the ovaries. Can I add modifier -XU if done on the same encounter?

Question ID : 6464
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