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Pay Attention to Guidelines When Selecting 76805 or 76815

Published on Tue Apr 25, 2023

Question: I’m filling in for a radiology coder and have a fetal transabdominal ultrasound report. The gestational age is 20 weeks. The documentation lists one gestational sac, fetal heartbeat, position of the fetus, and placental location. Could you help me identify which CPT® code to report? Mississippi Subscriber Answer: The CPT® code set includes two fetal ultrasound codes that could [...]
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