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Date: Aug 3, 2022

Question:

How would you code the following?

CLINICAL INDICATION: Breast ca.

NUCLEAR MEDICINE SENTINEL NODE LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY INJECTION

HISTORY: Breast cancer

COMPARISON: No prior studies are available for comparison.

PROCEDURE: Informed consent was obtained from the patient. A timeout procedure was carried out. The skin was prepared with a sterile technique. A total of 1.5 mCi of filtered sulfur colloid was injected into the upper outer periareolar region of right breast.

FINDINGS: No imaging was performed for this procedure.

IMPRESSION: Sentinel lymphoscintigraphy injection of right breast performed as described.

Question ID : 17598
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