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Consider Bundling Edits Before Coding Same-Day CT, Bronchoscopy Services

Published on Mon Aug 24, 2020

Question: Our radiologist interpreted an unenhanced prepro­cedural CT of the chest for a patient about to undergo a navigated diagnostic bronchoscopy. Are there any special rules for coding the preprocedural imaging? Wyoming Subscriber Answer: The varying CT protocols utilized will not affect the code selection. Instead, you’ll code this as a traditional CT chest without contrast after confirming in the [...]
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