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Find Out if You Can Report 2 Ultrasound Codes

Published on Tue Nov 26, 2013

Question: The ob-gyn placed Implanon in 2011. Patient is requesting removal. It has migrated, and two providers were unable to palpate it. Another provider suggested an ultrasound in the office to localize the implant for removal and then, once found, remove Implanon with ultrasound guidance. This was placed in her left arm. Would 76882 be correct for the ultrasound? The [...]
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