Coding references
Radiology and imaging: the codes and the rules.
Three tables for a imaging practice, each one a coder can check against the 2025 CMS and ICD-10-CM files, and the notes that come up every week.
The tables.
The notes a coder repeats.
- The work RVU shown is the professional component (modifier 26); a global imaging fee adds the technical component, which carries no physician work.
- The ordering diagnosis on the claim is the reason for the exam, not the finding; a normal study keeps the sign or symptom code.
- Contrast codes (A9579 and the like) and the contrast-reaction visit are reported separately from the study.
Other specialties.
A receptionist that knows imaging calls.
Screening forms your clinicians approve, the on-call paged with answers, and every call booked or handed back as a task.