Medical Coding

Category - Radiology

A 56-year-old woman is undergoing a bilateral screening mammogram. What is the correct code for this procedure where there is computer-aided detection?
  1. 77054
  2. 77056
  3. 77057
  4. 77057, 77052
Explanation
Answer: D - 77057, 77052 is the correct code sequence for this procedure. 77057 is the correct code for a screening mammography, bilateral with 2-view film study of each breast and 77052 is the correct code for computer-aided detection during a screening mammography.

Code 77054 is incorrect because this code is for a mammary ductogram or galactogram. Code 77056 is incorrect because this is for a bilateral mammography, but not for a screening mammography. Code 77057 is correct, but alone does not include computer-aided detection and requires the additional code to indicate this further testing.
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