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CPT® 77336, Under Medical Radiation Physics, Dosimetry, Treatment Devices, and Special Services for Radiation Treatment

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 77336 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Medical Radiation Physics, Dosimetry, Treatment Devices, and Special Services for Radiation Treatment.

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This code is for reporting ongoing medical physics consultation. When a patient is undergoing radiation treatment for a particular span of time with a number of therapy sessions every week, the medical physicist needs to look into the ongoing treatment documentation. This service is usually reported weekly once, after a full week's therapy (generally five treatment sessions) is delivered.

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Superficial Radiation Therapy in a Providers office and incident to billing
I have never done incident to billing and I know the basic rules when it involves a midlevel provider carrying out a plan of care on a patient. However, we recently brought in IG-SRT to our office. T... [ Read More ]
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If the patient's final treatment was given on 03/06/20, can we bill the physics weekly check that wasn't performed until 03/08/20?... [ Read More ]
77336- Billled after DOD
You would code 77336 to the 5th of a 5 fraction week, or if the final week of treatment it is only billable if that week contains minimum 3 fractions. Entire course of care must be minimum 3 fractions... [ Read More ]
77336- Billled after DOD
Hello, Has anyone dealt with the situation of billing 77336 but after the pt has passed away. Pt did receive 5 treatments. Insurance is denying due to the date of the 77336 being after the pt passed ... [ Read More ]
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Can you elaborate on your question? In what situation would you be billing the 77336 prior to the 77301?The 77301 is the planning and therefore has to be done prior to treatment. The 77336 is only b... [ Read More ]
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Hello, Has anyone billed 77336 prior to 77301?... [ Read More ]
Denial for billing 77427 with 77770
Look at the NCCI Policy Manual - Chapter 9, #4 under Radiation Oncology. NCCI states - "Brachytherapy (CPT codes 77750-77790) includes radiation treatment management (CPT codes 77427 and 77431) and c... [ Read More ]
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I have a facility who is performing Gamma Knife procedures for malignant brain neoplasms. Per AMA/CPT ASTRO, Radiation Oncologist and Neuro Surgeon have separate CPT codes that are mutually exclusive.... [ Read More ]
77336 under five fractions and Cyber Knife
Our Radiation department has asked me to find out the accurate way to bill for the facility's resources for the physicists' services during a cyberknife treatment that is only over 2 days. It does no... [ Read More ]
Oncology/radiation question
ASTRO is one of the societies that does a lot with coding and billing guidelines. There are companies that also do consulting specifically for radiation oncology, Revenue Cycle, Inc., Coding Strategi... [ Read More ]
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