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  • 8 posts - 7 authors - Last post: Jun 21Can an MRI Brain, 70551-70553, MRA Brain (70544-70546) and a MRA Neck (cervical) (70547-70549) be billed to Medicare on the same date of .
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  • O AetnaO Cigna O Secure Horizons O AetnaGolden Medicare Plan O Health Net O . w/ contrast 70552 mrihead w/ & w/o contrast 70553 mra head w/o contrast. .
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  • 70553, 3 best. 70553 procedure code, (alt.) 70553-rab, (alt.) 70553 mri brain, ( alt.) 70553 raz, (alt.) 70553 datasheet, (alt.) 70553 medicare, (alt.) .
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  • Local payer policy reigns: Although most Medicare carriers advise practices not to separately report A4647 with 70551-70553, carrier direction varies. .
  • Oct 7, 2009 – Code 70553 is on CMS' list of medically unlikely edits (MUE). Medicare allows its contractors to pay hospitals for only one MRI per patient .
  • Clinicians billing Medicare are encouraged to obtain additional . 70553. MAGNETIC RESONANCE (EG, PROTON) IMAGING, BRAIN (INCLUDING BRAIN STEM); .
  • Medicare Policies & Guidelines policies-guidelines/pg_content.php?set=CPT&c= 70553. Subscribers with the CPT® Codes, RVUs, Fees, NCCI Edits add-on will see .
  • Sep 18, 2005 – Using Medical Billing Codes 70551-70553. Medical Billing Resources . Medicare Billing Forum · Medicaid Billing Forum. Blog Post Archives .
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  • Oct 30, 2002 – Section 15022 of the Medicare Carrier's Manual (MCM) specifically states that the payment for the technical component of 70553 includes .
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  • Medicare Pricing Database Application Help. Select a CPT/HCPS Code: . . 70553 , Magnetic resonance (eg, proton) imaging, brain (including brain stem); .
  • Medicare Coverage Policy Information No contractor selected. 70553 was not found in a Local Coverage Determination (LCD) for your selected contractor. .
  • Apr 2, 2010 – . 73721 Achilles w/o contrast 70553 Brain (Brain Stem) w and w/o . Evidence- based imaging guidelines and Medicare payment policy. .
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  • Similarly, established patients with Medicare as their primary insurance pay the Medicare . 70553, MRI Head Interpretation, $295.00, $169.13, $124.57 .
  • Feb 20, 2007 – A side comment is that Medicare does not cover this charge nor do most . We have a referring Doctor that orders 70553 for a lot of his .
  • Aug 10, 2010 – Medicare does not pay for the third procedure (as distinguished from the contrast material) because the CPT definition of code 70553 .
  • Jun 13, 2011 – In 2006, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented a new reimbursement . 70548, 70549, 70551, 70552. 70553, 70554 .
  • Jul 8, 2010 – Medicare Learning Network (MLN) just released MM6912, effective August 2, 2010: Mailing . . 70491 70553 72146 73700 70492 70554 72147 73701 .
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  • 11 posts - 9 authors - Last post: Oct 23, 2010the physician ordered MRI&MRA of head for the medicare patient. the patient . code pair 70544-59 70553 code pair 70545-59 70551 .
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  • Apr 5, 2006 – Medicare Part B . codes Q9952-Q9954 when billed with CPT codes 70553, 72156, 72157, and 72158,; Will not pay for the third MRI procedure. .
  • Jul 8, 2010 – Medicare Learning Network (MLN) just released MM6912, effective August 2, 2010: Mailing . 70491 70553 72146 73700 70492 70554 72147 73701 .
  • Feb 3, 2006 – . it appropriate to charge 70553 twice or should only one .
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  • 70553 - Brain and brain stem MRI, without contrast and again with contrast. Butterworth/Blodgett Charge, $3133.12. Average Medicare Payment, $531.36 .
  • View the description for the cpt/hcpcs codes included in range 70551 - 70553.
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  • Radiology, 70551, 70552, 70553 (Q&A). Published Mar 1, 2005 . REVENUE MANAGEMENT TOOLS – lookup Medicare fees, RVUs, and payment indicators for CPT codes. .
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  • In its March 2009 report to Congress, the Medicare Payment Advisory . for an MRI of the brain (CPT code 70553), and the professional component only 12%, .
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  • Jan 1, 2010 – It is my understanding that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services . brain with contrast) and 70553 (MRI, brain without contrast, .
  • CPT 70553 - FindACode.com. . Radiology (March 2005) · Special Report .
  • According to 1999 Medicare data, radiology is the product line most . brain 789496 99837 70551 MRI brain 119762 9688 70553 Contrast MRI brain 197237 31529 .

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