Radiology Coding Alert
Reader Question:
Submit 77084 for Marrow Blood Supply
Published on Mon Jan 23, 2017
Question: How is blood supply assessed in the marrow tissue? Our physician documented an MRI for this assessment. How can we report this service?
New York Subscriber
Answer: The bone marrow is considered vascular tissue and therefore perfusion can be studied for the bone marrow. For MRI of the bone marrow blood supply, you submit code 77084 (Magnetic resonance [e.g., proton] imaging, bone marrow blood supply).
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