CPT Knowledgebase - Feb 22, 2013

For codes 78813, Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging; whole body, and 78816, positron emission tomography (PET) with concurrently acquired computed tomography (CT) for attenuation correction and anatomical localization imaging; whole body, what is meant by whole body? How far past the mid-thigh (as described in codes 78812 and 78815) do the images need to be, to report the whole body codes? If PET/CT images are obtained from the skull to the groin, may this be reported with code 78815?

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