Starting Jan. 1, 2011 CMS changed the way coders report abdomen and pelvis CT scans performed together, according to a Diagnostic Imaging report. According to the report, the new combined-code ...

A 41-year-old male sawmill worker suffered blunt abdominal trauma while loading logs onto an edger. Initial abdominal CT scan showed subcapsular hepatic hematoma encompassing about 50% of the ...

Early abdominal CT may be warranted among patients with unknown or uncertain biochemical screening results for primary aldosteronism.

CT scanning aids rapid diagnosis, treatment planning for abdominal pain Date: January 24, 2011 Source: Massachusetts General Hospital Summary: The use of CT scanning to evaluate abdominal pain in ...

A doctor by the name of Zhang Louzhen, searching for the cause of the girl’s digestive woes, performed a CT scan on her abdomen and made a shocking discovery — an estimated 100 undigested ...

Needless abdominal CT scans can be avoided in children, study says. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2013 / 02 / 130201132330.htm.

Computed tomography (CT) might change diagnosis and treatment plan in nearly half of nontraumatic abdominal pain patients who present to the emergency department (ED).

You have a CT abdomen scan and colonoscopy with fluid aspiration performed. Results of the CT scan indicate wall thickening with submucosal fat noted at the terminal ileum (Figure 1).

More than half of patients receiving abdominal CT scans, an advanced type of X-ray, got them for tests they did not need, exposing them to excess radiation that could raise the long-term risk of ...

Stage I disease – normal CT abdomen. Of the 157 patients with Stage I disease, CT of the chest was reported as abnormal in 13 (8%), one of whom had an abnormal chest x-ray ().Of these 13 cases ...