[ami_mail] Radiation Therapy Planning (Rienzo)

Our radiation therapists are interested in having our PET/CT dept acquire limited field of view pet/ct scans on a flat bed in order to fuse that data with their CT simulator to do RT planning. I am of the understanding that there is a code for limited PET/CT but will the insurers pay if a routine PET/CT was done a few weeks prior to the limited one for RT planning? How do other PET/CT departments handle this issue?
Thanks in advance for your help with this matter
Robert J. Rienzo, M.D.
Chief, Section of Nuclear Medicine
Lehigh Valley Hospital
Allentown, PA 18103
6104020347

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