Radiology Coding Alert

Angiography Coding:

Know When Payers Will Bundle Certain CTAs

Avoid the mistake of billing these two types of abdominal angiographies together. Physicians that routinely perform angiographies will commonly submit a Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA) abdomen/pelvis alongside an abdominal aorta CTA with lower extremity runoff (LER). Let’s review these two procedures: 75635, Computed tomographic angiography, abdominal aorta and bilateral iliofemoral lower extremity runoff, with contrast material(s), including noncontrast images, if [...]
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