Question:
A patient came in for a whole body thyroid cancer metastases imaging and a SPECT/CT of the neck and chest also was performed. What CPT® code are we to assign here since there is no CPT code for the SPECT/CT?
Answer:
When performing a whole-body thyroid metastasis scan with SPECT/CT, you would report the three codes below-–78018 for the whole body scan, 78803 for the SPECT, and 78099 for the computed tomography (CT) fusion for localization.
78018 | Thyroid carcinoma metastases imaging; whole body |
78803 | Radiopharmaceutical localization of tumor or distribution of radiopharmaceutical agent(s); tomographic (SPECT) |
78099 | Unlisted endocrine procedure, diagnostic nuclear medicine |
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