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Published on Tue Feb 12, 2013
Question: How should I report the interpretation of nuclear images performed for a SPECT Cardiolite test? The test was performed at a hospital. Documentation shows resting images only with no gating.
New Hampshire Subscriber Answer: You should report 78451 (Myocardial perfusion imaging, tomographic [SPECT] [including attenuation correction, qualitative or quantitative wall motion, ejection fraction by first pass [...]