With the 2019 CPT® codebook still a few weeks away, there’s news of three new category I CPT® codes to report ultrasound elastography (USE), which will be added to the Radiology Section. Ultrasound elastographyworks on the principle that different tissue types within the body demonstrate different elastic properties. Abnormal tissue (e.g., a neoplasm) is “stiffer” […]
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correct CPT for shear wave elastography
The procedure is documented as follows:
Shear Wave Elastography was performed at the bedside using the SuperSonic AIXplorer device. Through a R intercostal approach, liver echogenicity appears normal, mostly isoechoic with renal cortex. Five high-quality images obtained for elastography. Mean elasticity is 7.5 kPa, corroborating a METAVIR fibrosis score of F2.
Here are some sources of information:
http://www.acr.org/Advocacy/Economic…an-Feb-2015/QA
http://gi.org/wp-content/uploads/201…ates_FINAL.pdf (see page 16)
I really could use some feedback on this to make sure I’m not interpreting anything incorrectly, but 91200 seems incorrect for the procedure above.
Thank you!