Case
-T3-2C RADIOLOGY REPORT, CHEST
LOCATION: Outpatient, Hospital
PATIENT: Will Jamison
PHYSICIAN: Ronald Green, MD
RADIOLOGIST: Morton Monson, MD
CLINICAL SYMPTOMS: Cough and fever
PA & LATERAL CHEST, 9:15 AM: The previous film is from 12/27/02. There is no pneumonia. The lung fields are clear. There are no effusions. The heart and the vascular markings are normal. Bony structures are unremarkable.
IMPRESSION: Normal chest x-ray
T3-2C:
SERVICE CODE(S): ___________________________________________________
ICD-10-CM DX CODE(S): ______________________________________________

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The Answer is Professional Services: 71020-26 (X-Ray, Chest)
ICD-10-CM DX: R05 (Cough), R50.9 (Fever)
Explanation: The service is 2 views-frontal (AP) and lateral-and reported with 71020 with modifier -26 added to indicate only the professional portion of the service was provided.
The Clinical Symptoms section of the report indicates cough (R05) and unspecified fever (R50.9)-in this order-as the reasons for the encounter.

Case -T3-2C RADIOLOGY REPORT, CHEST