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AAPC Exam CPC Topic 3 Question 39 Discussion
Topic #: 3
Mr. Roland has difficulty breathing and congestion with a productive cough. The physician takes frontal and lateral view chest X-rays in the office (the equipment is owned by the physician group). The physician reads the X-rays and determines a diagnosis of walking pneumoni
a. The physician's interpretation is placed in the patient's chart.
How does the physician bill for the chest X-ray?
For a physician who owns the equipment and interprets the chest X-rays (both frontal and lateral views), code 71046 is used. This code includes both the technical and professional components, as the equipment is owned by the physician group and the physician also provides the interpretation.
AMA's CPT Professional Edition (current year)
ICD-10-CM (current year)
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