AMA CPT® Assistant - 2008 Issue 1 (January)

Radiology (January 2008)

January 2008 page 9 Radiology, 78320 (Q&A) Question: If a physician performs SPECT bone imaging- 78320, Bone and/or joint imaging; tomographic (SPECT)-on multiple body areas at one sitting, should multiple units of 78320 be reported (ie, cervical and lumbar areas)? Answer: It would not be appropriate to report code 78320 multiple times for different sites. Therefore, if a physician performs SPECT bone imaging 78320 on multiple body areas at one sitting, then code 78320 should be reported only once. Radiology, 78320 (Q&A). CPT® Assistant. 2008; January 2008 page 9 ...

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