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Medical Coding

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A patient is scheduled for a vertebral fracture assessment via dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). What is the correct code for this procedure?
  1. 77078
  2. 77080
  3. 77086
  4. 77084
Explanation
Answer: C - 77086 is the correct code for vertebral fracture assessment via dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA).

Code 77078 is incorrect because this code is for computed tomography. Code 77080 is incorrect because this code is for a DXA but is for a bone density study of one or more sites of the axial skeleton, not specifically to assess for vertebral fracture. Code 77084 is incorrect because this code is for a magnetic resonance imaging for bone marrow blood supply.
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