I am still confused about the spine codes 72081-72084. I was wondering how to count the number of views. For example, today we did a 5 view C spine, 2v T spine (AP/Lat) 4v L spine (AP/Lat/Obliques) and 3v sacrum/coccyx. Would you code this as 72083 – 1 AP of the entire spine and 1 LAT of the entire spine PLUS Obliques of L spine for a total of 4 views? I didn’t count the C spine and the sacrum views since the CPT code description says "if performed" and I don’t think you are supposed to count the T and L spine views separately. How is the radiologist supposed to dictate this? 4 separate reports or one report? This was not a scoliosis study. Thank you

Debby