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HCPCS Code for Rubidium Rb-82, diagnostic, per study dose, up to 60 millicuries A9555

HCPCS code A9555 for Rubidium Rb-82, diagnostic, per study dose, up to 60 millicuries as maintained by CMS falls under Diagnostic and Therapeutic Radiopharmaceuticals .

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Rubidium Rb-82, diagnostic, per study dose, up to 60 millicuries

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Claim denial modifier assistance
Hoping someone can assist with this. Florida Blue is denying claims with these codes billed stating a modifier is needed. These were performed in the office place of service and have always paid bille... [ Read More ]
Denial Pet Perfusion Scan-Modifier needed?
Hoping someone can assist with this. Florida Blue is denying claims with these codes billed stating a modifier is needed. These were performed in the office place of service and have always paid bille... [ Read More ]
CPT codes for cardiac PET with Sarcoid protocol
What is the proper PET code and sequencing for the cardiac PET with Sarcoid protocol and can we code A9555 and A9552 together?... [ Read More ]
Coding for Cardiac Pet with Sarcoid Protocol
What is the proper PET code and sequencing for the cardiac PET with Sarcoid protocol and can we code A9555 and A9552 together?... [ Read More ]
A9555
Hello all, I bill for a Cardiology practice and we bill for the procedure code A9555 which is being denied by Medicaid. Does anyone know if there is another code that can be billed for this?... [ Read More ]
A9555 claim medicare ndc# pymt question
Question is anyone having to put an NDC# on claim in order for Medicare to make a pymt?... [ Read More ]
A9555
We are going to be experiencing a shortage of isotopes for our nuclear stress test we perform in the office. We normally use Myoview (A9502) but we are looking at maybe injecting Cardiogen (A9555) dur... [ Read More ]
A Codes - familiar with billing
NYY, I hope you have room for a bucket of headaches. A9555 is Rubidium-82 and is used in conjunction with PET myocardial perfusion studies [78491 and 78492]. A9552 is commonly called FDG [fluorodeox... [ Read More ]
A Codes - familiar with billing
is anyone familiar with billing out a9555 and a9552 pharm codes? i need a little help (i.e. units i can bill for specific cardiology procedures)?... [ Read More ]
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