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WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO CODE A HIGH-RESOLUTION SESTAMIBI SCAN, FOLLOWED BY INTRAOPERATIVE NUCLEAR MAPPING AND THEN A PARATHYROIDECTOMY? CURRENTLY WE ARE CODING USING 60500, 78800-26, AND A SEPARATE U/S WITH 76536-26, BUT WE ARE CONSTANTLY GETTING DENIALS FROM THE INSURANCES FOR THE 78800 CODE. I WAS DOING SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THE 78070 CODE BETTER DESCRIBES WHAT IS BEING DONE, BUT IT CANNOT BE CODED WITH 60500. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHY THIS CANT BE BILLED TOGETHER, OR HAVE A SUGGESTION ON HOW TO CODE THIS BETTER? THANK YOU!!