Can anyone please answer this question: I have a Hand surgeon that has a mini c-arm in his office and he codes 76000 when he takes a picture for diagnostic purposes.

He was also using this code while performing an injection. I believe the correct cpt for the use of the fluoroscopy during the injection is 77002 which be the additional code to the injection code. However when the provider does the Fluoroscopy just for diagnostic purposes to view the joint of the hand I believe he should be using 76942, the unlisted fluoroscopy code.

The company that sold him the machine told him to code 76000. Or should the physician be using an x-ray code to describe what he did, as he has no x-ray machine in his office.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
:confused:

Jen