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CPT® 78071, Under Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine Procedures on the Endocrine System

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 78071 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine Procedures on the Endocrine System.

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The provider performs a SPECT study to image the parathyroid glands, also taking sets of planar images after administering very small amounts of two different radiopharmaceuticals or radioactive tracers. The provider takes the results and compares them to each other. In some cases, she performs a subtraction study along with the tomographic imaging to help identify abnormal tissue.

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