tci Part B Insider - 2011 Issue 6

Part B Coding Coach: 76881 Will Net You $85 More Than 76882 for Extremity Ultrasounds

Beware of overcoding tendon or muscle scan.A remarkable rise in the number of extremity ultrasounds in the last few years brought about one deletion and two additions to CPT 2011 that you need to know. CPT 2011 replaces 76880 (Ultrasound, extremity, nonvascular, real-time with image documentation) with the following:76881 -- Ultrasound, extremity, nonvascular, realtime with image documentation; complete76882 -- ... limited, anatomic specific.76882 Guidelines Point You to 'Specific Anatomic Structure'Together with the new codes, CPT also added new guidelines for 76881 and 76882, as was noted in the presentation by Richard Duszak, MD, FACR, FRBMA, RCC, CPT editorial...

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