CPT^® 73020, Under Diagnostic Radiology (Diagnostic Imaging) Procedures of the Upper Extremities

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 73020 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Diagnostic Radiology (Diagnostic Imaging) Procedures of the Upper Extremities.

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Report this code for a single view X–ray of the shoulder.

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73620 and 73020

[B]Humana Medicare Advantage has been denying my 73620 with dx S91.332D and 73020 with dx M25.511, denial states diagnosis is not appropriate, are there any suggestions, please?[/B]... [ Read More ]

57 with E/M Services

[COLOR="Indigo"][/COLOR] EXAMPLE: Doctor is seeing a follow he wants to bill 99213 57 and 73020 xray rt shoulder. This is all he is doing. No manipulation, no cast, no splint. I would understand if ... [ Read More ]

Bilateral radiology modifiers

[QUOTE="OCD_coder, post: 331971, member: 16463"]For Medicare MACS: The use of the modifier 50 for bilateral radiology procedures (when the code description states unilateral) does not apply to when t... [ Read More ]

Bilateral radiology modifiers

For Medicare MACS: The use of the modifier 50 for bilateral radiology procedures (when the code description states unilateral) does not apply to when they have a status indicator of "3". When you ha... [ Read More ]

Bilateral radiology modifiers

Which is the correct way to bill a bilateral radiology procedure (one that is not stated as bilateral, or does not have a bilateral code). For example, 73020 Radiologic examination, shoulder, 1 view. ... [ Read More ]

Arthrogram injection by physician

How would you code the following? This was performed by the physician and the MRI is billed by the MRI facility. Our physician just does the MR Arthro injections. "We discussed the risks and benefi... [ Read More ]

Radiology coding question -code for the navicular view

[QUOTE="dyates, post: 248813, member: 24620"]I'm looking for written information on how to bill for an additional view of a wrist. we code 73110 for min of 3 views I'm telling my Dr's no other code fo... [ Read More ]

X-Ray on Shoulder

[b]3rd and 4th view of the shoulder[/b] So just so I understand you correctly a total of 4 views were taken of 1 side RT or LT of the pt's shoulder. there are only 2 cpt codes for shoulder xray's 73... [ Read More ]

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