CPC Radiology and Pathology Coding 3

Question 1

A radiologist provides only the technical component of an X-ray in a hospital-owned facility. Which modifier should the facility report?

Accepted Answer

-TC

Answer

Modifier -TC identifies the technical component (equipment, supplies, technologist) when billed separately from the professional component.

Question 2

Which of the following best describes Level III surgical pathology (CPT 88307)?

Accepted Answer

Appendix, gallbladder, fallopian tube, testis

Answer

CPT 88307 covers Level VI specimens such as appendix, fallopian tube removed for non-neoplastic conditions, and testis.

Question 3

Fluoroscopy performed by a radiologist as a separate service during a surgical procedure is reported using which code range?

Accepted Answer

76000-76001

Answer

CPT 76000-76001 describe fluoroscopy as a separate service when not bundled into another procedure code.

Question 4

When a physician performs ultrasound-guided aspiration of a cyst and then interprets the imaging, which components are separately reportable?

Accepted Answer

The aspiration and the guidance/imaging interpretation separately

Answer

The procedural aspiration code and the imaging guidance code are reported separately when both are documented and performed.

Question 5

A patient receives a PET scan of the skull base to mid-thigh with CT transmission scan. Which CPT applies?

Accepted Answer

78815

Answer

CPT 78815 describes PET imaging skull base to mid-thigh with concurrently acquired CT for attenuation correction.

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