Radiology Question for the Week of February 2, 2026
Ordered as a bilateral complete breast ultrasound, what is the proper code assignment? Complete real-time ultrasonography of the left breast was performed. Dense tissue is seen throughout. A 4 mm simple cyst is identified at the 12:00 position, 2
Radiology Question for the Week of January 26, 2026
If a nuclear medicine planar scan is performed of the knees for a possible infection, would this be coded as 78300 or 78800? Does it matter which radiopharmaceutical was used? Nuclear medicine technologists are saying it should be coded
Radiology Question for the Week of January 19, 2026
On the hospital side, during an MAA mapping study, the doctors are using a device called a TriNav catheter to temporarily occlude the vessel. To be clear, they are not performing an embolization at this point. Historically, we have
Radiology Question for the Week of January 12, 2026
If a screening Mammogram (77067) and tomosynthesis (77063) are performed unilaterally, should Modifier 52 be placed on both CPTs®?
