AMA CPT® Assistant - 1999 Issue 3 (March)

Reporting Pulmonary Perfusion Imaging: New Code for 1999 (March 1999)

March 1999 pages 4-5 Coding Communication Reporting Pulmonary Perfusion Imaging: New Code for 1999 New code 78588, Pulmonary perfusion imaging, particulate, with ventilation imaging, aerosol, one or multiple projections, has been added to CPT 1999. These new codes combine the procedures included in the existing codes 78580, Pulmonary perfusion imaging, particulate, 78586, Pulmonary ventilation imaging, aerosol; single projection, and 78587, Pulmonary ventilation imaging, aerosol; multiple projections. Components of Pulmonary Perfusion Imaging The combined or bundled procedure reported with the new code 78588, Pulmonary perfusion imaging, particulate, with ventilation imaging, aerosol, one or multiple projections, consists of imaging a patient...

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