Identify the body part being imaged:CT scans can be performed on many different parts of the body, such as the head, neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis, and extremities. It’s essential to know the specific body part being imaged to identify the correct code. Determine the contrast material being...
PURPOSE A front page article in the New York Times of 6/17/11 reported that Medicare claims showed overuse of "double" CT scans of the thorax (i.e. CT without plus with contrast). Some hospitals were found to do these types of exams 60-90% of the time. Most radiologists agree that...
75571 Computed tomography, heart, without contrast material, with quantitative evaluation of coronary calcium [not covered for serial or repeat calcium scoring] 75572 Computed tomography, heart, with contrast material, for evaluation of cardiac structure and morphology (including 3D image postprocessing, ...
The first WHO report of confirmed cases of COVID-19 was released on 21 January 2020, with a total of 282 confirmed cases, which is comparable with the most recent report on 18 March 2020, which reached 191,127 confirmed cases. Due to this crisis, computer-aided detection/diagnosis must ...