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MRI Guidance Needed

Posted by Txman on May 22, 2019 at 5:59 pm

I had inguinal hernia surgery in 2018. I now have low pain in scrotum and inguinal area. I discussed an MRI with Valsalva to review for hernia and any muscle-related issues (sports hernia).

– MRI Pelvis Without Contrast and With Contrast with Valsalva
– CPT Code 72198

When I looked this code up, it says it’s an MRA/MRV examining blood vessel type items. I have copy of MRI Protocols from Hernia Talk Forum, but it doesn’t list a CPT code.

Is this code right?

DrBrown replied 5 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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DrBrown

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May 27, 2019 at 5:30 pm

Dear Txman.
More important than the Cpt code is to be sure that the radiologist and the XRay technician know what you are looking for. A marker can be placed on the skin over the site of your pain so that extra images can be taken at that site.
Regards.
Bill Brown MD

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