Is RadCalc considered to be a dose verification method that can be used to document 77300 for IMRT?
Updated for 2009 Answer: The following information is provided by Churchill Consulting, Inc. REPORTING 77300 with IMRT In 2003, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services deleted the correct coding initiative edit that bundled IMRT planning CPT® code 77301 with the dosimetry calculation CPT® code 77300. Basic dosimetry calculations that are performed as a separate and distinct process from the IMRT plan are reportable events. Sample LCD for IMRT Basic Dosimetry 77300 Use of Basic radiation dosimetry calculation, central axis depth dose calculation, TDF, NSD, gap calculation, off axis factor, tissue inhomogeneity factors, calculation of nonionizing radiation surface and depth dose, as required during course of treatment, only when prescribed by the treating physician CPT 77300 in IMRT . The IMRT plan CPT 77301 produces monitor units MUs for each gantry angle. A separate claim for basic dosimetry 77300 is appropriate only when there is a separate and distinct service, prescribed by t
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