Reporting Nuclear Medicine SPECT Imaging Procedures (October 2020)

Why This Topic Matters

The 2020 revisions changed how several nuclear medicine imaging services are represented in CPT, so accurate awareness of the updated code families and related reporting framework is important for compliant claim preparation and documentation review.

Article Sections

1. Other Procedures

   Introduces the revised nuclear medicine imaging code family in the Other Procedures subsection and notes the broad scope of planar, SPECT, and SPECT-CT reporting discussed in the article.

2. Overview of Coding Changes

   Summarizes the general CPT 2020 restructuring of nuclear medicine imaging codes and the broad organizational changes affecting reporting categories and related notes.

3. Reporting Radiopharmaceutical(s) or Drug(s)

   Explains the article’s discussion of how radiopharmaceuticals and drugs are addressed alongside nuclear medicine imaging services and the role of related supply reporting.

4. Reporting Additional Studies

   Covers the article’s discussion of additional imaging studies, separate reporting considerations, and the circumstances under which supplementary procedures may be addressed.

5. Clinical Example (78800)

   Presents a typical clinical scenario and corresponding procedural narrative associated with one of the revised nuclear medicine imaging codes.

6. Clinical Example (78801)

   Presents a typical clinical scenario and corresponding procedural narrative associated with one of the revised nuclear medicine imaging codes.

7. Clinical Example (78802)

   Presents a typical clinical scenario and corresponding procedural narrative associated with one of the revised nuclear medicine imaging codes.

8. Clinical Example (78803)

   Presents a typical clinical scenario and corresponding procedural narrative associated with one of the revised nuclear medicine imaging codes.

9. Clinical Example (78804)

   Presents a typical clinical scenario and corresponding procedural narrative associated with one of the revised nuclear medicine imaging codes.

10. Clinical Example (78830)

    Presents a typical clinical scenario and corresponding procedural narrative associated with one of the revised SPECT-CT imaging codes.

11. Clinical Example (78831)

    Presents a typical clinical scenario and corresponding procedural narrative associated with one of the revised SPECT imaging codes.

12. Clinical Example (78832)

    Presents a typical clinical scenario and corresponding procedural narrative associated with one of the revised SPECT-CT imaging codes.

13. Clinical Example (78835)

    Presents a typical clinical scenario and corresponding procedural narrative associated with the add-on quantification service discussed in the article.