Cardiology Coding Alert
Report AAA Scenario With Ease
Question: My provider applied conductive on the skin over the patient’s abdomen. They pressed the transducer against the patient’s skin and moved it over the abdomen to produce images of the abdominal aorta on a monitor and to record them for later review. Which code should I report for this procedure? Georgia Subscriber Answer: You should report 76706 (Ultrasound, abdominal aorta, real time with image documentation, screening study for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)) for this procedure. Don’t miss: If you are reporting your physician’s interpretation for the radiology service, you should append professional component modifier 26 (Professional component) to the radiology code. However, if you are reporting only the technical component for the radiology service, you would append modifier TC (Technical component…) to the radiology code. You should not append a professional or technical modifier to the radiology code when reporting a global service in which one provider renders both the professional and technical components.
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Report AAA Scenario With Ease
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