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CPT® Coding:

Focus on Technique, Findings with Renal Ultrasounds and Duplex Scans

Published on Thu Aug 17, 2017

Plus: Learn how duplex scan coding hinges on a set of specific terms. Depending on a patient’s medical diagnosis, a provider might find it necessary to order a renal Doppler scan alongside a retroperitoneal ultrasound. Challenge: While radiologists regularly perform these two procedures together, coders often struggle to properly identify these procedures as they are documented in the physician’s dictation [...]
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