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73706 Adds 2 Edits in April to Keep Your CTA Coding on Track

Published on Tue Apr 03, 2012

See why reporting these codes together was already noncompliant. Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits have caught up with a couple of CPT® instructions for computed tomographic angiography (CTA). The codes involved are: 73706, Computed tomographic angiography, lower extremity, with contrast material(s), including noncontrast images, if performed, and image postprocessing 74175, Computed tomographic angiography, abdomen, with contrast material(s), including noncontrast images, if performed, and image postprocessing 75635, Computed tomographic angiography, abdominal aorta and bilateral iliofemoral lower extremity runoff, with contrast material(s), including noncontrast images, if performed, and image postprocessing. Effective April 1, 2012, for physicians, CCI will add the following edits preventing you from reporting 73706 with either 74175 or 75635, according to Frank Cohen, principal and senior analyst for The Frank Cohen Group, in his NCCI Change Analysis 18.1, available from www.frankcohengroup.com/Library/ResearchandStudies.aspx (you may need to register to view the document). For both edits, 73706 is in the column [...]
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