Ultrasound for office injections

[madgejones10]

Has anyone had experience using and coding for use of ultrasound in the office for hip and shoulder injections?

 

[primrose1]

Our office just started doing this. Had our second block of patients this past week. We're also using it for knee injections. So far, so good!

 

[madgejones10]

How are you billing this ??

 

[nyyankees]

How are you billing this ??

we use 76942

 

[LynnS.321]

Lynn

We just started using the Ultrasound also.
If it is a documented exam of a body part we use 76882.
If it is well documented that the ultrasound was used in giving the injection 76942.
Hope this helps.

 

[debwoods65]

My docs have been doing this since the fall. We bill using the 76942 code for guidance. If more than one joint is done at a time you are able to bill again using the 76 modifier. Be careful with this though as there is not a bilateral indicator for this code and so while guidance on a shoulder and a knee would be billable and paid, guidance for bilateral knees would not be billable. I disagree with the rule, but it is the rule nonetheless. We have not had any difficulty with reimbursement.

 

[madgejones10]

Thank you both so very much !!!!!