Imaging Study: 78580, 78586-78594: Soak Up The Language of VQ Study
Look for clues in the method used: injection or inhalation.When your pulmonologist orders a ventilation/perfusion scan (or VQ scan) to help rule out a suspected pulmonary embolism, you might encounter terms such as "MAA" and "DTPA" in the physician's notes, and question why you can't find them in the code's descriptors. This can be confusing, and can cause coding inconsistency -- [...]
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