From: kevin Date: Thursday, September 24, 1998 7:37 PM Subject: x-ray coding Could someone pass along the cpt code for 3 view cervical series (ap,ap open mouth, lower cervical) to me. My CPT code book is not here yet . thanks kevin ----------------- At 11:01 AM 9/25/98 -0400, Christophe Dean wrote: Kevin, 72040 - 2 cervical views AP & Lat 72050 - Minimum of 4 views (views are not specified) 72052 - Complete, including oblique and flexion and/or extension views Most authorities recommend at least 2 orthagonal views of each area (AP and Lat) so I'm not sure what it is you are trying to accomplish with this series. What will you see on an AP view that you will not see on the AP open mouth, AP lower cervical combination? Hope this helps Christophe ---------------------- Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 20:15:40 -0700 From: Moses Jacob Subject: Re: code You can add -22 for additional views eg 72040-22 = 3 views x appropriate $ value; or 73050-52 = 3 views x appropriate $ value. Moses -------------- >At 07:11 PM 9/25/98 -0400, Jay Carter wrote: >Christophe Dean wrote: >Was anybody else on the list taught these 3 as a "standard" chiropractic >view? In what shool was this taught? (I'm not attempting to start an >intermural fight here, I'm just curuious. >Christophe I was taught at Cleveland Chiropractic College of Kansas City, graduation 1987, that the minimum cervical series consisted of : APOM, AP lower cervical and Neutral lateral, projections. The code that I use for this is 72040-22 Jay Carter, D.C.