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Hi All,
I have a question concerning the use of CPT 47552-47556 for percutaneous procedures in interventional radiology. A consultant pointed us to information contained in the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Coding Book that says that it is appropriate to use the codes for percutaneous procedures that do not use an endoscope. There are no guidelines or paranthetical notes in CPT to support this, nor are there any CPT Assistant or Clinical Examples in Radiology articles for these codes. There are no Federal Register or CMS documents that support it either. We don't use endoscopy codes when a procedure is not endoscopic for any other procedures, so why this? Any thoughts?
I have a question concerning the use of CPT 47552-47556 for percutaneous procedures in interventional radiology. A consultant pointed us to information contained in the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Coding Book that says that it is appropriate to use the codes for percutaneous procedures that do not use an endoscope. There are no guidelines or paranthetical notes in CPT to support this, nor are there any CPT Assistant or Clinical Examples in Radiology articles for these codes. There are no Federal Register or CMS documents that support it either. We don't use endoscopy codes when a procedure is not endoscopic for any other procedures, so why this? Any thoughts?
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