CPT^® 73040, Under Diagnostic Radiology (Diagnostic Imaging) Procedures of the Upper Extremities

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 73040 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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In this procedure, the provider performs imaging supervision and interpretation of a shoulder joint study. The provider injects contrast material and/or air into the patient’s shoulder joint and takes a series of X–rays as it flows through the joint to evaluate the different joint structures for conditions such as arthritis, adhesive capsulitis, or a frozen joint, tears, or abnormalities of the cartilage. Report this code to represent only imaging supervision and interpretation for this procedure.

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MR Arthrograms

Have the Radiologist document a 73040, so you can bill 23350, 73040, 73222. 73040 is medically necessary to see if the contrast perfuses around the joint. If the gad does not perfuse around the joint,... [ Read More ]

CT Arthrogram Help

If the patient was not taken to CT post injection and the actual diagnosis was made at the time of the arthrogram you would code 23350 77012 73040 Q9976 otherwise you would code a CT w/contrast if t... [ Read More ]

shoulder manipulation with arthrogram?

[QUOTE="RonMcK3, post: 186450, member: 152838"]sauka, Thanks for replying. My concern was whether any combination of these codes runs afoul of NCCI. After downloading the NCCI Edits MS Excel files, ... [ Read More ]

shoulder manipulation with arthrogram?

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Arthrography

HI Gadolinum injection is done during arthrogram procedure so it should billed along with it . Post or Mri arthrogram is a diagnostic study after the procedure in which we should not code A9579.in... [ Read More ]

Arthrogram Coding??

Hello all! I am wondering how to appropriately code an Arthrogram done in our hospital CT suite. The Radiologist came into the CT suite to perform the Arthrogram on the Rt Shoulder. So,... [ Read More ]

Arthrograms

I work for a radiology practice. We are doing Ultrasound guided Arthrograms with an MRI to follow. We are using the following codes (using a shoulder as an example: 23350 - Injection for shoulder x... [ Read More ]

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