Fwd: IVB Billing

[Chris Alston <alstonc@ODRGE.ODR.GEORGETOWN.EDU>]

>Sender: Global Medical Physics Mailing List <medphys@LISTS.WAYNE.EDU>

>

>I greatly appreciate all the replies I've received regarding the patient 

>survey during IVB treatments.  There is a wide range of practices out there.

>

>1.  Always survey

>2.  Never survey

>3.  Survey only when both gold markers are not clearly visible on fluoro

>

>We will follow #3.

>

>Now for the really important question.  What billing codes are submitted 

>from the radiation therapy and medical physics department?  I'm thinking 

>we should use:

>

>CPT 77781 - HDR Treatment, 1-4 Source Positions

>CPT 77470 - Special Treatment Procedure

>CPT 77336 - Continuing Physics QA

>

>How does that sound?





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