Sorry for the confusion everyone and thank you for your responses. My question means, if a patient comes to the ED for say pain in the clavicle and the doctor orders a chest x-ray and a x-ray of the clavicle.
According to the ACEP facility guidelines the bulleted points in the section for CPT 99283 states Interventions from previous levels plus any of the following can include Preparation for 1 Diagnostic Test: EKG, LAB Tests described in CPT 80048-87999 or Plain X-Ray of only 1 area such as Hand, shoulder and pelvis. CPT 99284 states Preparation of 2 Diagnostic Tests Lab, EKG or X-Ray of Multiple Body Areas such as C-Spine & Foot, Shoulder & Pelvis. So would the order of those 2 X-Rays be considered 1 area or 2?
Hope this helps clarify my question a bit better, thanks again everyone.