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Do Pelvic X-rays Receive a Separate Code When Captured With Hip X-rays?

Published on Wed Nov 12, 2025

Question: I have a radiology report where the physician documented, “An AP pelvis and lateral of the right hip was ordered, obtained, and interpreted by myself. Their right total hip arthroplasty hardware is in good position. The patient has left hip dysplasia with significant post dysplastic arthrosis.” The provider coded it with 72170 and 73501 but those two codes cannot [...]
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