CPT^® 73700, Under Diagnostic Radiology (Diagnostic Imaging) Procedures of the Lower Extremities

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 73700 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Diagnostic Radiology (Diagnostic Imaging) Procedures of the Lower Extremities.

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In this procedure, the provider performs a computed tomography scan of a patient’s lower extremity without using contrast material to diagnose a fracture or disease of the lower extremity.

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Documentation for 76376

Some of our radiologist perform 3D 76376 when a patient has a CT scan (say 73700 CT lower extremity) - not all the time but occassionaly they will perform 3D. I know in order to code the 76376 medica... [ Read More ]

Hip Sextant Charges

Hi Everyone, Im hoping you can shed some light on the below! I was asked the question when billing a hip sextant (73700), is it correct to charge for only ONE joint, even though technically other jo... [ Read More ]

Cpt 73700

[b]cpt 73700[/b] the info i have for Radiology billing code 73700 is only 1 per extremity per body side..... example==one ankle/foot RT permitted and one ankle/foot LT permitted. can't bill separate... [ Read More ]

Cpt 73700

Question does anyone have information if you can bill CPT code 73700 for ankle and foot CT twice one for ankle and one for foot?... [ Read More ]

Ct lower extremity hip,knee,ankle,foot

My question is, Can anyone tell me if you are able to bill 73700 twice with a modifier 59, if the dr. is ordering lt knee-lt ankle... my impression is a ct scan start from the hip to the foot "one swe... [ Read More ]

CT venogram help me! :0)

[QUOTE="polycoder, post: 309950, member: 14171"]Look at 73700, 73701, 73702 if no multiplanar MIPS are done. (Mips are not usually done with with images in the venous phase). If Multiplanar MIPS are d... [ Read More ]

CT venogram help me! :0)

Look at 73700, 73701, 73702 if no multiplanar MIPS are done. (Mips are not usually done with with images in the venous phase). If Multiplanar MIPS are done with images of the arteries with the arteri... [ Read More ]

ankle and foot cpt code 73700

quicky is this two exam or one ....... [ Read More ]

CT of lower extremity (73700)

I am reviewing charges wherein a Provider charged 2 each of 73700 because he did a CT of the LT foot, then a CT of the LT ankle on the same day, same session. Can the provider charge 2 each of the 73... [ Read More ]

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