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Know Difference Between Limited, Complete Fetal Ultrasounds

Published on Thu Jun 15, 2017

Question: You are working on a report of a fetal transabdominal ultrasound with a gestational age of 19 weeks. The dictation documents one gestational sac, a full review of intracranial/spinal/abdominal anatomy, a four-chambered heart, and placental location. Your colleague suggests that you use code 76805. Is this correct? Arizona Subscriber The answers for You Be the Coder and Reader Questions were [...]
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