AMA CPT® Assistant - 2015 Issue 3 (March)
Medicine: Noninvasive Vascular Diagnostic Studies (Q&A) (March 2015)
March 2015 page 10a Medicine: Noninvasive Vascular Diagnostic Studies Question: Does the procedure described in code 93975, Duplex scan of arterial inflow and venous outflow of abdominal, pelvic, scrotal contents and/or retroperitoneal organs; complete study, include all diagnostic and routine ultrasound (US) imaging of the organ or just the diagnostic/routine US imaging of the vessels in the organ? Answer: No. If both a complete duplex exam and complete routine ultrasound exam are done then they are separately reportable. A duplex scan includes only the vessel flow study and not the diagnostic ultrasound of the organ itself. Question: If the...
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