CPT^® 77470, Under Radiation Treatment Management

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 77470 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Radiation Treatment Management.

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In this procedure, the provider performs special radiotherapy procedures requiring special consideration from the provider in the overall management of radiotherapy treatment.

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Radiation Oncology

Should 77470, Special Treatment Procedure, be billed on patients that are receiving [COLOR=rgb(226, 80, 65)]Oral [/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]chemotherapy vs IV chemotherapy, concurrently with radiatio... [ Read More ]

Y90 ONCOLOGY CODES

[B]Hello! I have questions about billing the RT codes with the Y90 procedures. What is everyone doing? Any oncology experts?[/B] What should I look for to bill 77778? I haven’t been billing that an... [ Read More ]

Stereotactic treatment/Rad Onc

If you are billing the 77470 for a warranted reason, it usually should end up being billed the date of the physician's clinical planning note which is the note that the physician should state the addi... [ Read More ]

Stereotactic treatment/Rad Onc

You should not be billing a 77470 for the sole purpose of stereotactic treatments. Stereotactic is considered "special" in and of itself and you are already being reimbursed extra for performing this... [ Read More ]

Stereotactic treatment/Rad Onc

Regarding 77470 and 77432. These are unable to be billed on same DOS and I was hoping someone could tell me how their clinic was billing the special treatment procedure, 77470, and what day they were... [ Read More ]

Special txt procedure 77470

The billing date for code 77470 is the date of the documentation statement supporting the extra work and resources provided. It is not enough to simply state "special treatment procedure" payor polic... [ Read More ]

Special txt procedure 77470

Is there a specific date that the special procedure should be charged? The note is on the md plan under the sim setup. Should it go out with the md plan or the date of the simulation? Thx... [ Read More ]

Code 77470

[b]Cpt 77470[/b] Hi... Please see the criteria of billing this code.may be works for you... 77470 Special treatment procedure (e.g., total body irradiation, hemibody radiation, per oral or endocavit... [ Read More ]

Code 77470

I am a biller with a facility that bills for a cancer center. I have been working Medicare HMO denials for code 77470. The claims have been billed with diagnosis codes V58.0, 174.9 and 162.9 but the M... [ Read More ]

Concurrent Chemo/Radiation 77470

[QUOTE="Rochelle2597, post: 262295, member: 157452"]Can I bill 77470 on the first day of radiation therapy treatment?[/QUOTE] It is best to bill out the special treatment procedure 77470 on the same d... [ Read More ]

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