AMA CPT® Assistant - 2008 Issue 8 (August)
Radiology/Diagnostic Radiology (Diagnostic Imaging) (August 2008)
August 2008 page 13a Radiolgy: Diagnostic Radiology (Diagnostic Imaging), 70554 (Q&A) Question: How do you code for diffusion-tensor imaging and diffusion-weighted imaging when they are performed with MRI brain imaging? Are there specific codes to describe this imaging? Answer: When diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is performed in the same setting as a routine brain MRI, the brain MRI code should be reported only once. However, in the unusual circumstance in which a patient had a routine brain MRI performed and a request is later received to specifically perform DTI at a separate distinct session that includes re-imaging the...
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