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Watch for Urinary Tract Pathology Exception With Ultrasound Coding

Published on Tue May 14, 2013

Other limited anatomical reviews won’t support 76770 coding, however. More and more urologists are beginning to perform their own ultrasound studies rather than referring the patient to a radiologist. When your urologist uses ultrasonic imaging to visualize the main structures of a patient’s urinary system, make sure you dig into the details to determine the proper code to use. Your [...]
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