What is the contrast given for HIDA scan?

Due to a policy change, we are required to expand all acronyms in the assessment, including labs and tests. HIDA scan I am not sure of. All I can find is cholescintography. Is this correct? Thanks! ...

Dictated: I have asked if he has another attack that he go to the emergency room so that an s/l on-face HIDA scan can be performed to see if there are abnormalities of the biliary tree during an acute attack. Thanks for any help. ...

Patient with upper abdominal pain. She received a CT ** scan of her chest and abdomen. There really isn't any further context that would help. ...

Hello! :) I'm working on a radiology report, and the sentence in question is this: "TECHNICAL FACTORS: Sagittal T1, axial FLAIR, PD and T2, as well as (brief) contrast T1." My question is the word in parentheses. The Dr. barely enunciates the word in question. The best I can make out sounds like either "free" or "brief." Does anyone know a word that would make sense combined with contrast T1? Thanks in advance! ~Lotte ...

What illustration might you use to contrast the difference between transcription and coding? They both are the medical field, they both involve patient documentation; yet, they are very different jobs. I am only an MT at the moment, but I have been following coding forums for quite a long time. This subject has come up recently about MTs also performing coding duties. I think it is ridiculous, but I want to hear from those of you who have done both, or even from you who have been an MT and now ...

i look up the word crossage*, no such a word in the dictionary. is this correct? please help. thanks in advance! ...

I've always wondered (and can never find the correct answer) what do you all use in these cases - precontrast/pre contrast, postcontrast/post contrast, well maintained, etc. I've been told both ways by fellow MT's and would like your input. I think everyone does it differently. ?? ...

Sentences: "A CT scan of the chest was ordered by primary care provider for the complaint of pleurisy. A (s/l Beecher) scan was ordered thereafter." I have a feeling I'm going to kick myself when I realize what this one was, but I am fried and just can't find it. Any thoughts? ...

Has anyone heard of Oxylon 300 contrast media? I'm sure I have it spelled wrong because I can't find it anywhere. ...

evidence of acute infarct or significant abnormal intracranial enhancement. There are a few scattered s/l *pho-ki* of T2 and flare hyperintense signal which are nonspecific. ...

I get a lot of "CT Head pre and post contrast" as the name of study. I've seen it both ways. Does anyone know which is the officially correct version, "Precontrast" "Postcontrast" or space in between pre and post? Thx! ...

Is anyone still working at Scan Medical. I lost my account and just wondered if she is getting more accounts. ...

I have an Op note (for patient with thoracic aneurysm) in which half-strength Fizzy-paque or Vizzy-paque contrast is used to decrease the contrast load for patient. Any ideas on the contrast name? Thanks! ...

with adjacent deep white matter hypoatenula faction secondary to old infarct This is what it sounds like, but not finding anything close to this ...

QA changed CT scan to CAT scan on one of my reports. Also, in that same report, gram was changed to gm. I always thought it was CT scan and "gram." Have I been doing it wrong all this time?? Thanks. ...

"Seen on MRI scan not unlike adolfsin's fingers." Any clue to adolfsin's fingers? I appreciate any help! ...

Sounds like... No "wedge-shaped " pleural-based defects identified. Could that be right? Thanks... ...

CT angiogram of the carotid arteries. The word I am looking for S/L Reuben or Rubin images...? Thank you in advance. ...

This is for a melanoma surgery .. . Doc says: The patient had been injected by radiology prior to the surgery with technetium sulfer colloid. s/l Metho-sintigraphy had shown suggestion of some uptake . . ...

He is flying through the sentence and cutting himself off but it sounds like he is saying .... "Exam was performed in the body coil secondary to body habitus. **Dynex** study was performed." I am not sure about the Dynex. Can someone please help me? Thank you so much! ...

Anyone ever wonder why it's V/Q scan instead of VQ scan. And why the Q anyway? Maybe I'm having a brain fart, but for the life of me I can't remember a reason for this. ...

Anyone that works for Scan Medical can you tell me how the work is there. ...

Anyone heard of this? s/l LEXA scan. ...

Status post bone scan, 05/21/10, demonstrating: 1) linear uptake corresponding L5-S1 level consistent with subacute compression fracture; 2) additional uptake in the posterior midline L4-5, most likely due to pseudofacilitation of the spinous process with reactive marrow edema, consistent with Baastrupâ��s deformity; 3)...It really sounds more like pseudo facetization! Any help would be appreciated. ...

Additional images were obtained using ___ techniques. s/l "foamy endo" anyone? Thanks! ...

Dictated ... There is metallic artifact from an intramedullary rod in the tibia. However, S/L *Dynus exam* was obtained. TIA ...

Patient is tender in the right lower quadrant. No rebound. No other masses, organomegaly, or tenderness. Bowel sounds are somewhat diminished. Sent for a s/l PCT scan or TCT scan of the abdomen compatible with diverticulitis but no abscess or rupture. Thanks for any help :) ...

s/l oraganal...sentence says "there is no evidence to suggest ORAGANAL or skeletal metastasis"????? ...

What is the contrast given for HIDA scan? - MSmt

cholecystokinin - Cathy

Thanks so much! - MSmt

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