grams1
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If a pt has traditional medicare what are the guidelines for recieving mammagrams, once a year ? Or every two years.Please advise.
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Wiki screening mammagram
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RebeccaWoodward*
True Blue
Read section (beginning on page 59):
20 - Mammography Services (Screening and Diagnostic)
http://www.cms.gov/manuals/downloads/clm104c18.pdf
rjohnson2209
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Quality Analyst
If a patient has a unilateral or bilateral screening mammogram, can code 77055 be used for the unilateral and code 77056 be used for the bilateral or is the code restricted to 77057 for both with use of modifer -52 for the unilateral?
If a patient has a unilateral or bilateral screening mammogram, can code 77055 be used for the unilateral and code 77056 be used for the bilateral or is the code restricted to 77057 for both with use of modifer -52 for the unilateral?