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Raise These 7 Questions Before You Code For Central Radiosurgery Procedures

Published on Mon Jun 20, 2016

Lesion count supersedes session counts in radiosurgery. Radiosurgery coding is complex because your physician may treat one lesion in multiple sessions and multiple lesions in a single session. Review these seven basic questions that help you clarify your approach to radiosurgery coding. Options in stereotactic radiosurgery codes are the following: 61796 -- Stereotactic radiosurgery (particle beam, gamma ray, or linear accelerator); 1 [...]
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