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Oncology & Hematology Coding Alert

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MUGAs

Published on Sun Dec 01, 2002

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Question: Some of the chemotherapy patients at our clinic are being sent out to a local hospital for baseline cardiac studies either multiple gated acquisitions (MUGAs) or ECGs. Is this an industry norm to order prior to initiating chemotherapy? MUGA scans are covered under our LMRP here, but we aren't having any luck with the codes. Texas Subscriber
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