Imaging Guided Procedure Naming
There are numerous procedures where the imaging component is considered a supplemental or secondary technique to help accomplish the primary goal. The pattern is:
Procedure using guidance
FSN: Y using guidance (procedure)
PT: guided Y
SYN: Y using guidance
Computed tomography guided procedure
FSN: Y using computed tomography guidance (procedure)
PT: CT guided Y
SYN: Y using computed tomography guidance
For example,
431864000 | Injection using computed tomography guidance (procedure)|
FSN: Injection using computed tomography guidance (procedure)
PT: CT guided injection
SYN: Injection using computed tomography guidance
Fluoroscopy guided procedure
FSN: Y using fluoroscopic guidance (procedure)
PT: Fluoroscopy guided Y
SYN: Y using fluoroscopic guidance
For example,
773291002 | Biopsy of abdomen using fluoroscopic guidance (procedure)|
FSN: Biopsy of abdomen using fluoroscopic guidance (procedure)
PT: Fluoroscopy guided biopsy of abdomen
SYN: Biopsy of abdomen using fluoroscopic guidance
The term fluoroscopic Y is interpreted as Y using fluoroscopic guidance (procedure). Procedures such as 432540009 | Biopsy of wrist using fluoroscopic guidance (procedure)| are subtypes of Fluoroscopy (procedure).
(See also Fluoroscopy and Fluoroscopic Imaging)
Magnetic resonance imaging guided procedure
FSN: Y using magnetic resonance imaging guidance (procedure)
PT: MRI guided Y
SYN: Y using magnetic resonance imaging guidance
For example,
433008009 | Core needle biopsy of breast using magnetic resonance imaging guidance (procedure)|
FSN: Core needle biopsy of breast using magnetic resonance imaging guidance (procedure)
PT: MRI guided core needle biopsy of breast
SYN: Core needle biopsy of breast using magnetic resonance imaging guidance
Ultrasonography guided procedure
FSN: Y using ultrasonographic guidance (procedure)
PT: Ultrasonography guided Y
SYN: Y using ultrasonographic guidance
SYN: Y using ultrasound guidance
For example,
431811004 | Biopsy of wrist using ultrasonographic guidance (procedure)|
FSN: Biopsy of wrist using ultrasonographic guidance (procedure)
PT: Ultrasonography guided biopsy of wrist
SYN: Biopsy of wrist using ultrasonographic guidance
SYN: Biopsy of wrist using ultrasound guidance
Plain X-ray guided procedure
FSN: Y using plain X-ray guidance (procedure)
PT: Plain X-ray guided Y
SYN: Y using plain X-ray guidance
For example,
718674009 | Injection of steroid using X-ray guidance (procedure)|
FSN: Injection of steroid using plain X-ray guidance (procedure)
PT: Plain X-ray guided steroid injection
SYN: Injection of steroid using plain X-ray guidance
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