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Differentiate PET from PET-CT

Published on Wed Jan 27, 2016

Question: Is PET-CT different from a PET scan? How can we report for a PET-CT? Minnesota Subscriber Answer: For PET-CT, you submit codes 78814 (Positron emission tomography [PET] with concurrently acquired computed tomography [CT] for attenuation correction and anatomical localization imaging; limited area [e.g., chest, head/neck]) – 78816 (Positron emission tomography [PET] with concurrently acquired computed tomography [CT] for attenuation correction [...]
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