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Can you tell me the codes for the MRI contrast materials ProHance^® (Gadoteridol) Injection, 279.3 mg/mL and MultiHance^® (gadobenate dimeglumine) injection, 529 mg/mL?

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We are going to begin offering CT Colonography at our facility. I’ve found CPT code 74261–74263 for the procedure, but I can’t find anything for Tagitol™ V (Barium Sulfate Suspension 40% w/v, 30% w/w) Stool Tagging Agent that we will be giving the patient to take the day before. Can you tell me what code to use?

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What are the HCPCS codes for ISOVUE^® (Iopamidol Injection)?

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We use MultiHance^®(gadobenate dimeglumine) injection, 529 mg/mL contrast for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Should we report code A9577 or A9578? Both are MultiHance contrast agents. How do we know the difference?

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We have begun tomosynthesis-guided breast biopsy/localization. There is no mention of stereotactic or mammographic guidance. Do we report this like we report stereotactic biopsies?

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I am confused about hip studies when both left and right exams are done. I currently have two reports for the same patient and the same encounter for hip exams. One accession number is ordered as a left hip, two to three views. Dictation is one image of the left hip with a pelvis. The second accession number is for a right hip, single view. Dictation states single view of the right hip. Should these reports be combined into CPT code 73502 regardless of how they were ordered?

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Does the hospital need to use the JW modifier to report wastage of contrast material?

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If my technologists do an anteroposterior (AP) and lateral with swimmer’s view of the thoracic spine, do we report 72070 or 72072? The swimmer’s view is another lateral view so we are not sure if we can count it separately.

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Is there a code for MRI CAD (magnetic resonance imaging, computer aided detection) of the prostate?

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We have a patient who is scheduled for a computed tomography (CT), pelvis. She had an abscess drainage catheter in place, and her physician requested that we inject contrast through the catheter to scan the pelvis. How would we report this?