RADIOLOGY STUDY GUIDE TEST
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
SUCCESS RESOURCE
●● Diagnostic films
Answer: May be required to evaluate the extent of the presenting
symptoms or conditions or to track the progression of the patient's
condition or illness
●● Unlisted procedures
Answer: Radiological services not covered by specific CPT code are
coated with an unlisted code.
Anytime an unlisted service code is reported, the claim should be
accompanied by a special report describing the procedure and the reason
the procedure was medically necessary. You will want to explain the
equipment, time, and effort involved.
●● S & I
Answer: Codes describe the supervision and interpretation of a
radiological procedure.
,Procedure requiring radiological guidance, a code from the surgery or
medicine section may be reported along with the supervision and
interpretation code from the Radiology section.
●● Interventional radiologic procedures
Answer: Are used to diagnose and treat conditions using invasive
procedures.
●● Common procedures
Answer: Containing a supervision and interpretation component include
vascular procedures performed on the veins and arteries
●● Same physician both surgical procedure and radiological guidance
Answer: When the same position provides both the surgical procedure
and the radiological guidance, this is ishin will report both codes.
●● When one physician performs the surgery and Radiologists perform
supervision and interpretation
Answer: Each will report the code for his or her portion of the service
●● Billing
Answer: The Radiologists billing the supervision and interpretation must
be present at the time of the procedure to build the supervision and
interpretation code and provide a written report.
, ●● Modifier 26
Answer: Radiology s&i codes can be reported with modifier 26 for the
Professional Services or the modifier TCC for the technical services.
●● Administration of contrast material
Answer: 1.Intravascular II - using a vein or artery
2. Intra-articularly- in a joint
3. Intrathecally - within a sheet, or within the subarachnoid or cerebral
spinal fluid
●● Oral contrast
Answer: Is either barium or a mixture of fruit juice and an iodine
containing liquid. Where the patient may receive a barium enema. When
contrast is given orally or rectally, it is not appropriate to report a with
contrast code
●● Oral and or rectal contrast Administration
Answer: Administration alone does not qualify as a study with contrast
●● MRI or CT without and with contrast
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
SUCCESS RESOURCE
●● Diagnostic films
Answer: May be required to evaluate the extent of the presenting
symptoms or conditions or to track the progression of the patient's
condition or illness
●● Unlisted procedures
Answer: Radiological services not covered by specific CPT code are
coated with an unlisted code.
Anytime an unlisted service code is reported, the claim should be
accompanied by a special report describing the procedure and the reason
the procedure was medically necessary. You will want to explain the
equipment, time, and effort involved.
●● S & I
Answer: Codes describe the supervision and interpretation of a
radiological procedure.
,Procedure requiring radiological guidance, a code from the surgery or
medicine section may be reported along with the supervision and
interpretation code from the Radiology section.
●● Interventional radiologic procedures
Answer: Are used to diagnose and treat conditions using invasive
procedures.
●● Common procedures
Answer: Containing a supervision and interpretation component include
vascular procedures performed on the veins and arteries
●● Same physician both surgical procedure and radiological guidance
Answer: When the same position provides both the surgical procedure
and the radiological guidance, this is ishin will report both codes.
●● When one physician performs the surgery and Radiologists perform
supervision and interpretation
Answer: Each will report the code for his or her portion of the service
●● Billing
Answer: The Radiologists billing the supervision and interpretation must
be present at the time of the procedure to build the supervision and
interpretation code and provide a written report.
, ●● Modifier 26
Answer: Radiology s&i codes can be reported with modifier 26 for the
Professional Services or the modifier TCC for the technical services.
●● Administration of contrast material
Answer: 1.Intravascular II - using a vein or artery
2. Intra-articularly- in a joint
3. Intrathecally - within a sheet, or within the subarachnoid or cerebral
spinal fluid
●● Oral contrast
Answer: Is either barium or a mixture of fruit juice and an iodine
containing liquid. Where the patient may receive a barium enema. When
contrast is given orally or rectally, it is not appropriate to report a with
contrast code
●● Oral and or rectal contrast Administration
Answer: Administration alone does not qualify as a study with contrast
●● MRI or CT without and with contrast
