nicoleysmith
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I work in a very small outpatient clinic and we don't have a coder who specializes in radiology. We saw a patient who received an ultrasound of the testicles, and the radiology department is requesting we bill 93975, 78761, and 76870. I don't understand the difference between these?
93975 in the CPT book reads: "duplex scan of arterial inflow and venous outflow of abdominal, pelvic, scrotal contents and/or retro-peritoneal organs; complete study"
78761 in the CPT book reads: "testicular imaging with vascular flow"
76870 in the CPT book reads: "ultrasound, scrotum and contents"
The radiology report reads: "duplex doppler color flow sonography, 2d ultrasound of vascular anatomy, and doppler spectral analysis was performed" followed by a description of the ultrasound results.
Normally if we perform an ultrasound plus a doppler study, we would add the doppler + the ultrasound code, but 78761 sounds like it includes the doppler - but then I don't understand when you would use 93975 for a scrotal doppler? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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93975 in the CPT book reads: "duplex scan of arterial inflow and venous outflow of abdominal, pelvic, scrotal contents and/or retro-peritoneal organs; complete study"
78761 in the CPT book reads: "testicular imaging with vascular flow"
76870 in the CPT book reads: "ultrasound, scrotum and contents"
The radiology report reads: "duplex doppler color flow sonography, 2d ultrasound of vascular anatomy, and doppler spectral analysis was performed" followed by a description of the ultrasound results.
Normally if we perform an ultrasound plus a doppler study, we would add the doppler + the ultrasound code, but 78761 sounds like it includes the doppler - but then I don't understand when you would use 93975 for a scrotal doppler? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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