Wiki 3d billing-per session or per study

[margaret fahy]

guys,
What is your take on 3D billing?
Is it to be used per session, or, say, if a CT b/l extremities with 3D is done, does one bill 76377(in our case) X2?...or does one bill 76377 X1?
All opinions welcome.
Thanks.
Margie

 

[margaret fahy]

Please respond

3D billilng...is it per session or per body part?
for CT with 3D extremities...3D on both.....
would you bill 76377 with a 59, or do you think it is one billing per session?
Thanks so much.
Margie

 

[polycoder]

Seminars tell us per session.
Some claim edit software allows only one per day, and if you do a CTA that day, no 76377 is allowed.
Example is a trauma CT chest for rib and soft tissue injuries, and a CTA chest for vascular damage. 76377 done for the rib fx, and we can't bill the 76377, since a CTA was done also.
76376, 76377 are treated as an add-on code, and we know the CPT book does not show that.