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Lung Scan Responsibilities:

More Than Meets the Eye

Published on Sat Jun 13, 2009

The clinical vignette in the CPT Assistant (March 1999) portraying proper use of 78588 indicates the service includes the following physician responsibilities: " Reviewing clinical history, current chest x-rays, and other relevant images " Ordering radiopharmaceuticals " Assuring imaging is complete before allowing patient to leave imaging area " Correlating the imaging and clinical data " Dictating, reviewing, and signing the report " Explaining results to the patient and the referring physician.
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