Cardiac stress test (any kind): Difference between revisions

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 == Additional Info ==
-*This code is for any kind of cardiac stress test
+*This code is for any kind of cardiac stress test -- it is not for cardiac monitoring at rest (i.e. without some type of physiologic stress)
-**Regardless of whether the stress is induced by exercise or pharmacologic provocation
+*Regardless of whether the stress is induced by exercise or pharmacologic provocation
-**Regardless of how the "measuring/evaluation" is done -- i.e. it includes standard ECG monitoring, echo monitoring, nuclear (e.g. MIBI) monitoring, other types of cardiac imaging monitoring, etc.
+*Regardless of how the "measuring/evaluation" is done -- i.e. it includes standard ECG monitoring, echo monitoring, nuclear (e.g. MIBI) monitoring, other types of cardiac imaging monitoring, etc.
-***When cardiac imaging is done as part of a stress test, do NOT also code the imaging itself
+**When cardiac imaging (e.g. echo or MIBI) is done as part of a stress test, do NOT also code the imaging itself -- it's only resting cardiac imaging that should be coded alone
-***Only for '''resting''' cardiac imaging should one use either the picklist or components
-*This code does NOT include cardiac monitoring at rest, i.e. without stress.
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