Episode Three of the “Real World LDRT” miniseries (sponsored by Xstrahl) is everyone's favorite topic: coding and billing!
[insert the sounds of a gleeful studio audience here]
The secret sauce is to remember you can bill it like normal (ideally, 2D or "complex isodose"). The radiotherapy CPT codes are disease agnostic (no, they're not just for cancer - heard that one before).
But importantly - as doctors primarily treating cancer, we don't realize how massive the burden of osteoarthritis is for the American population.
The even more secret sauce? LDRT is, by far, the most economical treatment option to both the patient, and the healthcare system as a whole.
Remember: 3 Gy in 6-every-other-day fractions, assess at 12 weeks, and deliver a second identical course if necessary/desired.
It really is that easy.
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