In radiation oncology, the codes associated with medical physics and dosimetry begin with 773. There is normally a professional physician component and a technical component for each code for the purpose of reimbursement. However, CPT code 77370, special medical radiation physics consultation, is a ...
Performance Status score of 0 -2 according to the Eastern Cooperative Oncology (ECOG) scale; 5. Patients who are expected to survive for more than 3 months from the date of first administration; 6. With at least one measurable lesion via the RECIST criteria; 7. No abnormality of ...
Full-dose chemotherapy consisting of VP-16/ CDDP can also be used in combination with concurrent radiation therapy (Table 3). Japanese Clinical Oncology Group, therefore, conducted a pilot study of concurrent twice-daily thoracic radiation therapy plus VP-16/CDDP followed by three cycles of ...
This article describes (1) the fundamental structure of reimbursement for radiology and radiation oncology services; (2) the multiple steps required as a new procedure advances from a research concept to the assignment of a code in the American Medical Association's Current Procedural Terminology; (...
In radiation oncology, FMEA, as applied to the billing CPT code 77336, can improve both charge capture and, most importantly, quality of the performed services. Methods: We created an FMEA table for the process performed under CPT code 77336. For a given process step, each member of the ...
Results: The CPT code for 3D planning, CPT 77295 will now be used to cover the work previously covered under the temporary G0338 code in the hospital setting. All of the applicable CPT codes that cover additional work for a course of radiation therapy (77300, 77336, 77370, 77470, etc) ...