AMA CPT® Assistant - 2015 Issue 4 (April)
Radiology: Radiologic Guidance (Q&A) (April 2015)
April 2015 page 11a Radiology: Radiologic Guidance Question: Is it appropriate for a radiation treatment facility to report code 77014, Computed tomography guidance for placement of radiation therapy fields, in conjunction with a simulation code from the series 77280-77290 when the facility acquires CT images for treatment planning and also performs a simulation? There is no instruction in the CPT codebook to indicate these codes cannot be reported together. Answer: No, it is not appropriate to report code 77014 in this case. Acquiring CT images, as described by code 77014, is included in radiation oncology simulation codes 77280-77290, when...
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