Current guidelines on ultrasonography in pregnancy from ACOG (2009) state: "The technical advantages of 3-dimensional ultrasonography include its ability to acquire and manipulate an infinite number of planes and to display ultrasound planes traditionally inaccessible by 2-dimensional ultrasonography. Despite...
provider document that the pregnancy is incidental to the encounter, then code V22.2 should be used in place of any chapter 11 codes. It is the provider’s responsibility to state that the condition being treated is not affecting the pregnancy. 1) Codes from chapter 15 and sequencing priority...