Cardiology Coding Alert

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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 [...]
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