CPT Knowledgebase - Jun 15, 2015

If fluoroscopic guidance is used for localization and positioning when performing the procedure described by code 50590, Lithotripsy, extracorporeal shock wave, is it appropriate to separately report code 76000 (REVISED IN 2013), Flurorscopy (separate procedure), up to one hour physician time, other than 71023 or 71034 (eg, cardiac fluoroscopy), for the fluoroscopic guidance?

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