Cardiology Question for the Week of October 17, 2016

By NDueaCardiology
Cardiology Compliance Question of the Week

Question:

Can you add the charge for the magnetic resonance (MR) cardiac velocity flow (75565) to an MR angiography, chest 71555? Or is it only to be used with a cardiac code?

Answer:

Code 75565 may not be reported with 71555. It is only for use with the cardiac MR imaging codes.

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