Clinical practice
Coding guidance for nuclear medicine imaging
Updated guidance which expands on planar imaging and SPECT CT codes for nuclear medicine imaging during the mapping process and when to use CPT® codes 78801,78830-78832, or 78835. Read more
Sep 13, 2024
Balancing Practice
Advanced practice providers (APPs) have become an integral part of interventional radiology service. However, there is no standardized process for training procedural or clinical APPs, and each practice utilizes APPs differently. Read more
Aug 21, 2024
Coding Q&A
How do I report a thoracic duct cannulation with subsequent catheterization and embolization when a chyle leak is seen at the time of a lymphangiogram? Read more
Jun 24, 2024
Brittany Palmer Nielsen
AI toolbox: PERT implementation
A look at one institution’s experience implementing an AI solution into their pulmonary embolization response team model. Read more
May 22, 2024
Managing pain with SI joint fusion and nerve ablation
An interview with Douglas Beall, MD, FSIR, on how IRs can expand into the MSK/pain management space, particularly through sacroiliac joint instability and percutaneous fusion. Read more
May 22, 2024
Coding Q&A
What code should be reported for x-ray-based cross-sectional imaging (e.g., cone beam CT, DynaCT, 3DCT, spin CT) performed during a hepatic arterial embolization procedure? Read more
Apr 25, 2024
The collaborative spirit
Because of the ambiguity, broad range and scope of vascular anomalies, multiple specialists are often involved in treatment. Abhay Srinivasan, MD, discusses the benefits and structure of one of these pediatric collaborative models. Read more
Jan 30, 2024
Case presentation
Inside the case of a neonate patient with a pial arteriovenous fistula (AVF) that was draining into the vein of Galen. Read more
Jan 30, 2024
The modality of play
Maddie Bozikis, licensed child life specialist, discusses how physicians and providers can help make pediatric patients feel calm, informed and comfortable in the medical environment. Read more
Jan 22, 2024
Pediatric IRs James Donaldson, MD, and Sudhen B. Desai, MD, FSIR, discuss the subspecialty's history, growth and future.
