Cardiology Coding Alert
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Break Down Cardiac Blood Pool Codes Using This Chart
Published on Fri May 20, 2005
Hint: One procedure with 2D pictures means 78472
Use this chart as a reference to make differentiating these imaging codes a snap.
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