Chapter 8
Chapter Eight Reading Assignment
Radiology is a medical specialty that utilizes images and radioactive materials to diagnose and treat diseases. Radiology procedures are reported in code series 70010-79999.
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Chapter Eight Homework
Provide the best answer to the following radiology questions.
1. Provide the code(s) for a full and complete fluoroscopic arthrogram of the knee including an injection of gadolinium and subsequent MRI imaging of the knee.
2. If the radiology report states, “single, portable upright view demonstrates normal lungs,” what would the correct code be?
3. Provide the correct procedure code for repositioning a previously placed PICC line under fluoroscopic guidance.
4. When reference is made to a “general study of the head under CT”, what code series is most appropriate?
5. When a “chest CT” study is ordered, this is best defined by what code series?
6. If a radiologic report states that CT was performed from T1 to T12, this is defined by what code or code series?
7. If an order comes over for an MRI of the heart, what would the correct code series be?
8. When a shoulder arthrogram (or arthrography) is performed, the correct code(s) to submit assuming the radiologist does both the injection and RS&I component would be what?
9. Code the radiology and surgical procedure for a cystogram.
10. Via a right common femoral vein approach, the catheter was placed into the right pulmonary artery with subsequent injection and filming over the right lung.