Hello,
I am curious about the use of ‘View’ vs. ‘Views’. It is my understanding that ‘Views’ may be used when number of views is not otherwise specified, and this is where we usually map to for our clients. There are a few codes, however, that appear to be essentially the same other than ‘View’ or ‘View 1’:
24799-9 – Abdomen X-ray AP single view – Component: View AP
36550-2 – Abdomen X-ray Single view – Component: View 1
Since they are both single view – why does the non-AP study specify 1, whereas AP is just ‘View’, singular?
Also, as for ‘View’ on it’s own – it seems to only occur in 8 XR.fluor codes that are documenting fluoroscopy time (eg. 25065-4 – Unspecified body region Fluoroscopy 15 minutes). Why singular ‘View’ here?
I appreciate any clarification that can be provided!
Thank you.