AMA CPT® Assistant - 2015 Issue 12 (December)
Gastric Emptying Scintigraphy With/Without Small Bowel and Colon Transit Imaging (December 2015)
December 2015 pages 10-13 Gastric Emptying Scintigraphy With/Without Small Bowel and Colon Transit Imaging Gastric emptying scintigraphy (GES) has evolved with new standardization of imaging protocols1 and recognition of additional techniques to identify normal and abnormal motility in upper, lower, or combined gastrointestinal (GI) tract transit.2 GES involves the ingestion of a solid meal, a liquid meal, or both solid and liquid meals that are labeled with radioactive components (radiopharmaceuticals) that can be imaged. GES is ordered primarily to assess upper GI dyspepsia when gastroparesis is suspected as a cause of a patient's symptoms. Two new Current Procedural...
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