Radiology Question for the Week of October 1, 2018
What is the CPT® code for lung shunt fraction liver mapping? Here is part of the documentation below. There is more detail in the report but these lung shunt fraction studies for hepatic masses seem to be common.
Patient received 5.2 MCI Technetium 99M MAA. Multiple static views of the lungs and abdomen were obtained. The geometric mean of the lungs and liver were obtained. The lung shunt fraction was obtained.