Radiology Compliance Question of the Week
January 30, 2012
Question:
How do we code a nuclear medicine whole body bone scan with SPECT/CT?
Answer:
According to Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM), code the bone scan (78306) and an unlisted nuclear medicine code (78399) for the fused anatomic localization using the computed tomography (CT) (non-diagnostic study). Do not code the CT.
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