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Latest revision as of 14:19, 12 April 2018
Specialty: Radiology
Group: Diagnostic specialties
Sub specialties:
- Interventional Radiology
- Nuclear Medicine
Description: Radiology (specializes) in the use of radiation in medical imaging and diagnosis. X-rays, etc.
Workflow Example:
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Common Modalities (and corresponding common codes in parentheses):
- (CR) Computerized Radiology or Computed Radiography
- (CT) Computerized Tomography
- (MG) Digital Mammography
- (MR) Magnetic Resonance
- (MX) Mixed Modality
- (NM) Nuclear Medicine
- (PT) Positron Emission Tomography
- (RF) Xray Radio & Fluoro
- (RT) Radiation Theraphy
- (SC) Secondary Capture
- (SR) Structured Report
- (DX) Digital XRay
- (US) Ultra Sound
- (XR) Xray
Common Interventional Procedures:
- Angiography
- Balloon Angiogplasty
- Biopsy
- Chemoembolization
- Embolization
- Thrombolysis
- Radiofrequency Ablation (RF/RFA)
- Vertebroplasty
- Venous Access