You Be the Coder:
Set Yourself Up for Facility SPECT Success
Published on Wed Apr 08, 2015
Question: The cardiologist interpreted SPECT Cardiolite images, rest and stress, for a test performed at the hospital. The diagnosis was native coronary atherosclerosis. Which codes should I report? Maine Subscriber Answer: For the test, you should report only the interpretation. For rest and stress images, you should report 78452-26 (Myocardial perfusion imaging, tomographic [SPECT] [including attenuation correction, qualitative or quantitative wall motion, [...]