AMA CPT® Assistant - 2017 Issue 5 (May)

Radiology: Diagnostic Radiology (Diagnostic Imaging) (Q&A) (May 2017)

May 2017 page 11 Radiology: Diagnostic Radiology (Diagnostic Imaging) Question: A patient is either suffering from or at risk for an abnormal heart rhythm. Prior to any invasive procedure, the physician views an electroanatomical map of the patient’s heart rhythm, which is achieved by placing on the patient a multi-electrode vest that records the patient’s heart rhythm non-invasively and storing the information on an independent workstation. A computed tomography (CT) scan is also acquired while the patient is wearing the vest and that information is imported into the workstation to define the cardiac anatomy and vest electrode locations. The...

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