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CPT® CODING MADE EASY

Radiology

This section, added in 1999, provides extensive guidelines for properly coding and reporting the professional and technical components of diagnostic radiology imaging, ultrasound and all interventional radiology procedures.

You'll learn:

 All important revisions in interventional radiology for abscess drainage, non-mammographic needle biopsy, stereotactic breast biopsy and mammographic breast biopsy. Learn the key distinctions among them.

The differences between diagnostic radiology codes and interventional radiology codes

How to understand the dynamics of professional and technical components: including what they are and the how and when of reporting each of them

How to effectively code diagnostic plus therapeutic interventional radiology procedures during same date of service

How to use interventional radiology coding guidelines for vascular and non-vascular components

How to implement interventional radiology code selection and code reporting guidelines; And, this timely chapter also includes a decision tree for coding vascular interventional radiology services and a glossary of key radiology terms and definitions.

 

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