Wiki CONTRAST MATERIAL Q9966 BILLING

[LMOuellette]

Hello and good morning,
We are a multi-speciality practice and have a new pain management provider. I am trying to figure out how to bill the contrast material Q9966 correctly. In a procedure note he says he is using 3 ml of 240 Omnipaque. Would we bill a qty of 3, 240 or 720. I am so confused. I know I have seen research that shows you do not bill per ml but per mg of Iodine used. Then I see conflicting information. I just want to bill correctly. If someone could please help me I would be very grateful. Thank you from a frustrated biller.

 

[thomas7331]

The HCPCS code description for Q9966 states ‘per ml’, so your units for the code should be the number of milliliters given, in this case 3.

 

[mrsboyett]

The HCPCS code description for Q9966 states ‘per ml’, so your units for the code should be the number of milliliters given, in this case op report reflects 0.5 ML Omnipaque 240 contrast? Is 0.5ML billable?

 

[mrsboyett]

The HCPCS code description for Q9966 states ‘per ml’, so your units for the code should be the number of milliliters given, in this case 3.

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op report reflects 0.5 ML Omnipaque 240 contrast? Is 0.5ML billable?