CPT^® 79101, Under Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 79101 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine Procedures.

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In this procedure, the provider injects a radiopharmaceutical substance into the venous blood stream to treat the patient’s condition.

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I am not sure if using CPT code 79101 is the correct code or not? Thanks for any help that can be given. 74 y/o M with metastatic, castrate resistant prostate cancer on protocol 2016-120 using Xof... [ Read More ]

Xofigo billing

The clinic I work for bills for Xofigo. I am not sure about finding specific guidelines, but we bill the A9606 and 79101 with success. We receive a development request from CMS and respond with th... [ Read More ]

Hematology/Radiation Oncology

Question for Radiation Oncology coders... We bill a series of 6 injections with and e/m & 25 modifer for each injection (cpt 79101/99213/25). I would like to know if this is how others are billing fo... [ Read More ]

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