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NM procedure not completed  McCullough, Susan
 Jan 19, 2009 07:26 PST 

A Medicare outpatient was injected with Cardiolite for a SPECT
resting/stress myocardial perfusion study in Nuc Med. Immediately after
beginning the scan for the resting portion, the patient became
claustrophobic and could not continue. No diagnostic images were
acquired. My question is, can we bill for CPT 78464 with a -52 modifier,
as well as for the single dose of sestamibi A9500? Do we put a modifier
on the sestamibi code, too?

Susan

Susan McCullough, RT
mccull-@salemhosp.com





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