Ultrasound for Ovarian Cyst
When a patient has a cyst from a previous Clomid or gonadotropin cycle, is it appropriate to bill the insurance company for the ultrasound with a N83.x diagnosis if the patient will take that cycle off? There is not a need to put a secondary diagnosis code of N97.x is there?
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