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[torresreb]

to rule out appendicitis is it a limited abdomen or limited pelvis?

please note your references. thank you!!!

 

[LScottCPC]

Usually limited abdomen, RLQ. Is that the area that was imaged?

 

[RNCPC0709]

I can't site references, except to tell you that anatomically speaking the appendix is located in the RLQ of the abdomen, so I would use the limited abdomen code.