X480

PDF page 392 / F2

X480 MRI guidance of biopsy or lesion ablation, breast, unilateral .           285.00
               X481 MRI guidance of biopsy or lesion ablation, internal organ ......          285.00
                   Note:
                   X480 and X481 are only eligible for payment when a lesion can only be visualized by MRI or
                   the use of another image guidance modality is not technically feasible.
                                          [Commentary:
                                          1. X487 and/or X499 may be eligible for payment in addition to X480 or X481.

PDF page 392 / F2

2. Biopsy fee codes specific to the breast or internal organ may be eligible for payment in
                                            addition to X480 or X481.]
                 Breast - unilateral or bilateral
               X446 - multislice sequence ............................................................                       73.35
               X447 - repeat (another plane, different pulse sequence - to a
                      maximum of 3 repeats).......................................................                           36.70
                                          Payment rules:
                                          1. X446/X447 are not eligible for payment when used as guidance for breast biopsy.

Master, record 6749. Record Layout PDF, page 1.

X48020250401999999990000000000000000000000000000000000000285000000002850000

Auxiliary master fields are preserved as raw scaled values. The linked layout calls them zero-filled, but this edition contains non-zero values. They are not presented as final dollar fees or PDF units.