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Straighten Out Arthrography Knowledge for X-ray Success

Published on Fri Mar 01, 2019

Question: Notes indicate that the orthopedist performed an elbow X-ray examination along with a two-view forearm X-ray. I’m not sure about the elbow X-ray code, because I see that some elbow X-ray codes include arthrography. What is arthrography, and how should I code this encounter? Kansas Subscriber Answer: Coding is easy enough for the forearm X-ray. On the claim, report [...]
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