Radiology Coding Alert
Reader Question:
Do Not Submit 77003 as a Stand-Alone Fluoro Code
Published on Wed Jun 11, 2014
Question: One of our patients had a spinal cord stimulator inserted in December 2013. The provider brought the patient to the office and used fluoroscopy to check the lead placement (we have our own fluoro suite). He didn’t check any vitals. The patient has Medicare. Can we bill 77003 by itself?
Maine Subscriber
Answer: No, you cannot submit 77003 (Fluoroscopic guidance and localization of needle or catheter tip for spine or paraspinous diagnostic or therapeutic injection procedures [epidural or subarachnoid]) as a stand-alone code without other services.
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