CPT^® 75809, Under Diagnostic Radiology (Diagnostic Imaging) Procedures of the Veins and Lymphatics

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 75809 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Diagnostic Radiology (Diagnostic Imaging) Procedures of the Veins and Lymphatics.

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The provider performs supervision and interpretation of radiologic imaging to examine a previously placed indwelling infusion pump or a nonvascular shunt, such as a shunt between a ventricle in the brain and the peritoneum or a shunt between the abdomen and superior vena cava.

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Pain Pump Refill Question

Yes I believe are three codes are applicable in this situation such 61070 75809 62370. The reason I say it applies as refill/reprogramming is that it is common to have to abstract medicine from the pu... [ Read More ]

PAIN MGMT BILLING QUESTION

[QUOTE="SharonCollachi, post: 474825, member: 654943"] 61070 Puncture of shunt tubing or reservoir for aspiration or injection procedure (nervous system - skull/meninges/brain) 62368 Electronic Analys... [ Read More ]

PAIN MGMT BILLING QUESTION

61070 Puncture of shunt tubing or reservoir for aspiration or injection procedure (nervous system - skull/meninges/brain) 62368 Electronic Analysis of programmable, implanted pump for intrathecal or e... [ Read More ]

Dye study & programming

I'm looking for a little input on this claim. My pain management provider did a dye study under fluoroscopy and reprogramming of the pain pump, he had coded 61070, 77002, 62368. I know 77002 is bundle... [ Read More ]

New procedure I haven't seen

I believe it would meet both 61070 75809... [ Read More ]

New procedure I haven't seen

OK, so my pain doc performed the following procedure. I believe it should be coded: 61070, 75809-26 (this was performed in an ASC). The doctor is only coding: 61070. The area overlying the intratheca... [ Read More ]

Basic radiology question, shuntogram S&I

So I've got a question about shuntograms. My radiologists do the radiological interpretation all the time, but I'm not sure if that's enough to bill 75809. They do not do the injection procedure. Here... [ Read More ]

61070 75809 - what anesthesia code to use? 61070 75809 anesthesia pumpogram shuntogram

Hello, Our provider provided services on a patient using codes 61070 and 75809. This patient needed anesthesia for the service. What would the correct anesthesia cpt code be? Thank you... [ Read More ]

Coding of "flipped pain pump"

Revising the intrathecal pain pump reservoir would fall under an unlisted code. The reprogramming of the pump does is not described in the note, which would exclude reporting CPT 62370 since the code... [ Read More ]

Dye study for pain pump catheter placement - help!

Thank you so much for your help, Marvel. You're the best! We had actually selected 61070 75809 but were over thinking it and kept wondering if it was the best code selection. :)... [ Read More ]

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