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Hello Everyone. I work at a little "free clinic" that serves the forgotten folk in my community. We are trying to send someone to the hospital for MRI Stroke Protocol. I am struggling to sort out the CPT for this.
I see 70551 (brain w/o contrast), 70552 (brain w/ contrast), 70553 (brain w/o & w/ contrast).
These might be fine. But stroke protocol is Diffusion-Weighted Imaging, Fluid-Attenuated Inversion Recovery. Gradient-Echo Imaging, MR Angiography (MRA), Perfusion Imaging.
In looking through my CPT book I am not finding anything on Stroke Protocol.
Can the hive-mind help me?
I see 70551 (brain w/o contrast), 70552 (brain w/ contrast), 70553 (brain w/o & w/ contrast).
These might be fine. But stroke protocol is Diffusion-Weighted Imaging, Fluid-Attenuated Inversion Recovery. Gradient-Echo Imaging, MR Angiography (MRA), Perfusion Imaging.
In looking through my CPT book I am not finding anything on Stroke Protocol.
Can the hive-mind help me?