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Billing Requirements for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scans for Dementia and Neurodegenerative Diseases

This instruction updates Pub. 100-04, chapter 13, section 60, to include billing and claims processing requirements for PET Scans for beneficiaries with either a differential diagnosis of fronto-temporal dementia (FTD) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) OR; its use in a CMS-approved practical clinical trial focused on the utility of FDG-PET in the diagnosis or treatment of dementing neurodegenerative diseases.

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Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Issue Date: October 01, 2004

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