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1 78451 Myocardial perfusion imaging, tomographic (SPECT) (including attenuation correction, qualitative NUC AMI UNSP INITIAL EPISODE AMI UNSP SUBSEQUENT EPISODE CHR ISCHEMIC HRT DIS OT CHR ISCHEMIC HRT DIS UNSPEC PAROX ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA PAROX VENTRICULR TACHYCARDIA Myocardial perfusion imaging, tomographic (SPECT) (including attenuation correction, qualitative NUC AMI UNSP INITIAL EPISODE AMI UNSP SUBSEQUENT EPISODE CHR ISCHEMIC HRT DIS OT CHR ISCHEMIC HRT DIS UNSPEC PAROX ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA PAROX VENTRICULR TACHYCARDIA

2 78453 Myocardial perfusion imaging, planar (including qualitative or quantitative wall motion, ejection NUC ACUTE MYOCARDITIS UNSPEC VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION VENTRICULAR FLUTTER SINOATRIAL NODE DYSFUNCT ASCVD ATHEROSCLEROSIS UNSPEC RUPT AORTIC ANEURYSM UNSPEC Myocardial perfusion imaging, planar (including qualitative or quantitative wall motion, ejection NUC ACUTE MYOCARDITIS UNSPEC VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION VENTRICULAR FLUTTER SINOATRIAL NODE DYSFUNCT ASCVD

3 440.9 ATHEROSCLEROSIS UNSPEC RUPT AORTIC ANEURYSM UNSPEC Myocardial Imaging, infarct avid, planar; qualitative or quantitative NUC AMI UNSPECIFIED SITE AMI UNSP INITIAL EPISODE AMI UNSP SUBSEQUENT EPISODE CHR ISCHEMIC HRT DIS OT CHR ISCHEMIC HRT DIS UNSPEC PAROX ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA AC CEREBROVASC INSUF UNSPEC Myocardial Imaging, infarct avid, planar; w/ EF by first pass technique Myocardial Imaging, infarct avid, planar; tomographic SPECT

4 78472 Cardiac Blood Pool imaging, gated equilibrium; planar, single study at rest or stress NUC POST MI SYNDROME PRECORDIAL PAIN V58.11 ANTINEOPLASTIC CHEMO V58.12 ANTINEOPLASTIC IMMUN TX Cardiac Blood Pool imaging, gated equilibrium; multiple studies, wall motion plus ejection fracti NUC PRECORDIAL PAIN Cardiac Blood Pool imaging, (planar), first pass technique; single study, at rest or with stress, NUC POST MI SYNDROME ANEURYSM CORONARY VESSELS MITRAL VALVE DISORDER AORTIC VALVE DISORDER

5 424.2 NONRHEUM TRICUSP VAL DIS PULMONARY VALVE DISORDER CARDIOMYOPATH IN OT DIS CARDIOMEGALY ATHEROSCLEROSIS UNSPEC RAYNAUD'S SYNDROME V58.11 ANTINEOPLASTIC CHEMO V58.12 ANTINEOPLASTIC IMMUN TX V58.69 ENCOUNTER LONG RX USE OT V67.51 EXAM POST HIGH RISK RX Cardiac Blood Pool imaging, (planar), first pass technique; multiple studies at rest and with str Cardiac Blood Pool imaging, gated equilibrium, SPECT NUC AORTIC VALVE DISORDER NONRHEUM TRICUSP VAL DIS PULMONARY VALVE DISORDER CARDIOMYOPATH IN OT DIS CARDIOMEGALY Cardiac Blood Pool imaging, gated equilibrium, RV EF by first pass NUC AORTIC VALVE DISORDER NONRHEUM TRICUSP VAL DIS PULMONARY VALVE DISORDER CARDIOMYOPATH IN OT DIS

6 429.3 CARDIOMEGALY Unlisted cardiovascular procedure, diagnostic nuclear medicine Unlisted procedure not possible to give list

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