Radiology Coding Alert
Reader Question:
Earn for Injections and Radiography in Wrist Arthrography
Published on Tue May 17, 2016
Question: How do we report wrist arthrography with injections into each of the three wrist compartments performed under fluoroscopic guidance?
New Mexico Subscriber
Answer: Since your physician administers three injections in different wrist compartments, you submit three units of code 25246 (Injection procedure for wrist arthrography). This code is for the injection procedure only. For radiological assessment of the arthrographic procedure, you submit code 73115 (Radiologic examination, wrist, arthrography, radiological supervision and interpretation).
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