Lung Scans:
Secure Your VQ Study Payment With These Valuable Pointers
Published on Tue Dec 16, 2014
Avoidthe misuse of modifier 52 by reporting combination code 78582, regardless of number of projections. When your pulmonologist attends to a patient with suspected pulmonary embolism, she may order a ventilation/perfusion scan (or VQ study) to confirm the diagnosis. To arrive at an accurate code for the encounter, you’ll need to know whether the physician provided a perfusion or ventilation [...]
