AMA CPT® Assistant - 2014 Issue 6 (June)

Medicine: Noninvasive Vascular Diagnostic Studies (Q&A) (June 2014)

June 2014 page 15a Medicine: Noninvasive Vascular Diagnostic Studies Question: May code 93975, Duplex scan of arterial inflow and venous outflow of abdominal, pelvic, scrotal contents and/or retroperitoneal organs; complete study, and code 93979, Duplex scan of aorta, inferior vena cava, iliac vasculature, or bypass grafts; unilateral or limited study, be reported together at the same session, or are the components of code 93979 included when code 93975 is reported? Answer: Codes 93975 and 93979 may not be reported together on the same day of service when performed by the same physician. The elements of code 93979 are included...

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