Nuclear Medicine & PET Coder

Many tough questions…one place to get clear, reliable answers

At MedLearn Publishing, we hear the questions of nuclear medicine and PET providers: Can we charge for thyroid whole-body scans? How do we code for absolute quantitation of myocardial blood flow from above? What's billable when performing a PET/CT combination? And many, many others. In Nuclear Medicine & PET Coder, you'll quickly find clear, accurate answers, along with steady guidance through the complexities and uncertainties of coding, charging and billing for a full range of nuclear medicine and PET procedures.

Features and Benefits

• Updated with NEW information:
  • Nuclear medicine and PET code changes for 2019
  • Updated payment information
  • New case studies, bringing clarity to commonly performed procedures, as well as those that generate frequent questions
  • Expanded guidance with coding for sarcoid imaging
  • PET/PET-CT
• Step-by-step through coding and documentation for a full range of nuclear medicine and PET procedures, including SPECT, PET, PET/CT, planar imaging, integrated imaging and therapeutic treatments
• Easy to navigate — codes are grouped by body system (e.g., endocrine, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular and more) and then by code sequence
• Covers code assignments by both hospital (technical) and physician (professional) entities
• Each section includes:
  • Table of drugs and radiopharmaceuticals typically used for nuclear medicine procedures, along with the pertinent HCPCS and revenue codes
  • Definition of each procedure with its corresponding CPT code
  • Coding and billing tips for each code
  • Payment tables based on the current Medicare physician fee schedule (MPFS) and the hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS)
• Special help with common areas of confusion and noncompliance, such as:
  • Under-reporting radiopharmaceuticals
  • Omitting CPT codes for certain procedures
  • Unbundling codes
  • Billing for the incorrect number of radiopharmaceutical units

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