CPT^® 73100, Under Diagnostic Radiology (Diagnostic Imaging) Procedures of the Upper Extremities

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 73100 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Diagnostic Radiology (Diagnostic Imaging) Procedures of the Upper Extremities.

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In this procedure, the provider takes two X–ray images of a patient’s wrist to check for any fracture, swelling, or reason of pain in the wrist area.

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physician billing -26modifier

please weigh in on this issue at my office ~ scenario: patient falls, hurts wrist, goes to PCP or Urgent Care, has xrays taken. yes, it's broken, take this xray to an orthopedic specialist. this ... [ Read More ]

25505 - both arms and pre and post x-rays

Hi all! I work in an urgent care and we have an ortho on call.......we haven't had too many ortho patients to this extent. We have a patient that came in with 2 broken arms and the ortho charted 255... [ Read More ]

Is e/m billable

Playing the devil's advocate.... I'm not sure. I would have to say that he's going to have to add more information for that x-ray. I bet you won't get the correct re-embursement as the insurance com... [ Read More ]

Is e/m billable

The doctor's recorder broke, could not finish dictation. He had to be out of office for several days after that. When he returned to complete dictation the charts that he was unable to finish, his do... [ Read More ]

Follow up Fracture Billing

Patient had a wrist fracture that was treated on 9-4, initial new patient visit. I do itemized billing vs global fracture care. Charges entered for this visit were 99203-25 29075 Q4050-22 [fiberglass... [ Read More ]

Wrist x-ray 1 view

If only 1 view of the wrist is taken do I use 73100-52? Thanks!... [ Read More ]

Question on Modifer 26 Professional Component

The way I like to think about it is "who owns the equipment (TC)" and "who's interpreting the data(26)". It's a way to split the code so the person/facility that owns the equipment gets paid for the ... [ Read More ]

Comprehensive E&M

I am new to using the comprehensive E&M's and have a few questions. Firstly, when a patient comes to our office (Family Practice) for an annual exam they receive their physical (99391-99397), EKG (930... [ Read More ]

How do I know when I NEED a modifer?

[COLOR="Magenta"]@chaser1[/COLOR] If you can justify a modifier, you will code it as: 29125 73110 73100-59 OR 29125 73110 RT 73100 LT In order to justify that -59 it should be on the other wri... [ Read More ]

How do I know when I NEED a modifer?

[QUOTE="chaser1, post: 225421, member: 58736"]I'm not sure when I need a modifer..... example 29125-59-RT, 73110, 73100[/QUOTE] You do not need a -59 modifier here. The -59 is a misunderstood and o... [ Read More ]

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