tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 24

RADIOLOGY: Why You May Get Paid For More Chest Radiograph CADs

You could have more chances to bill 0152T soon.You may be able to bill for chest radiograph CAD code 0152T on its own starting in January.Currently, you can only bill for this code in addition to chest X-ray codes 71010, 71020-71022 and 71030. Reason: When the CPT Editorial Panel introduced 0152T, it assumed that you'd only bill for the CAD along with an X-ray, says Michael Longacre, a consultant with Healthcare Market Strategies in Yamhill, OR. But some practices have been performing the CAD without a chest X-ray, for example to interpret an X-ray that happened on...

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