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Choose Between Joint and Upper Extremity MRI Codes

Published on Tue Nov 28, 2023

Question: A patient presented to an outpatient radiology clinic for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of the right shoulder. The radiologist confirmed osteolysis in the impression. I’m new to radiology coding and am unfamiliar with osteolysis. How should I report this encounter? Nevada Subscriber Answer: You’ll need one CPT® code and one ICD-10-CM code to report the encounter. Starting with the [...]
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