tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2012 Issue 7

Reader Question: You Don't Need Your Head Examined For Head and Neck Ultrasound Studies

Question: One of our ED doctors is asking to report limited ultrasound of the head. This is the first time I heard of this. What code would I use?Ohio SubscriberAnswer: CPT® has a section on diagnostic ultrasound of the head and neck. The correct code choice will depend on what the physician was looking for. The two most likely codes for ED presentations are 76506 (Echoencephalography, real time with image documentation [gray scale] [for determination of ventricular size, delineation of cerebral contents, and detection of fluid masses or other intracranial abnormalities], including A-mode encephalography as secondary component where...

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