For NM exams that are chosen based on single-day imaging vs two or more days— how do you consider the following? Imaging at four hours on Monday, imaging at 24 hours on Tuesday. Are you counting as a single day for a 24-hour period or as 2 days based on calendar days? Is there an official reference that may be sourced?
If imaging is performed at four hours and then again at 24 hours, this would be considered imaging on two days. See Radiology Test Case in Clinical Examples in Radiology Volume 8 issue 3, Summer which is published by the AMA.
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