AMA CPT® Assistant - 2013 Issue 2 (February)

Radiology: Nuclear Medicine (Q&A) (February 2013)

February 2013 page 16 Radiology: Nuclear Medicine Question:For codes 78813, Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging; whole body, and 78816, positron emission tomography (PET) with concurrently acquired computed tomography (CT) for attenuation correction and anatomical localization imaging; whole body, what is meant by "whole body"? How far past the mid-thigh (as described in codes 78812 and 78815) do the images need to be, to report the whole body codes? If PET/CT images are obtained from the skull to the groin, may this be reported with code 78815? Answer: No. PET and PET with CT whole-body imaging codes 78813 and 78816...

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