Podiatrist’s X ray billing questions answered

Every Podiatrists big or small takes X rays, reads X rays and bills X rays. This page will hopefully answer some of the commonly asked questions.

Answers if you are billing anything other than Medicare you need only a 76 modifier because X rays are diagnostic:

If a Podiatrist takes one view of each foot you can bill 77077 instead of 73620 LT 73620 RT:

although this link says it is 73620 of both feet:

Sheila
May 11, 2020 at 12:06 pm

Incorrect. Modifier 76 is only used if more than one CPT code is used same encounter. Ex: 73650-RT, and 73650-76-RT. If performed in a hospital setting, they must append 26 modifier. 77 modifier is used when same imaging, different providers, same encounter.
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