Ultrasound charge

I have been informed by our billers that charging for ultrasound requires too much documentation to continue billing. I know that ultrasound billing has been threatened for awhile, but I still thought they were allowing it. Has there been changes? Have you ran into this issue and/or found a solution? I was told the reading and documentation of the ultrasound had to be consistent with a radiology read. I have always put "ultrasound was used to advance xxx needle, while visualizing xxx... Ultrasound charge
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