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What is Radiology?


Medical imaging is the technique and process used to create images of the human body (or parts and function thereof) for clinical purposes (medical procedures seeking to reveal, diagnose or examine disease) or medical science (including the study of normal anatomy and physiology). Although imaging of removed organs and tissues can be performed for medical reasons, such procedures are not usually referred to as medical imaging, but rather are a part of pathology.

As a discipline and in its widest sense, it is part of biological imaging and incorporates radiology (in the wider sense), nuclear medicine, investigative radiological sciences, endoscopy, (medical) thermography, medical photography and microscopy (e.g., for human pathological investigations).

Measurement and recording techniques which are not primarily designed to produce images, such as electroencephalography (EEG), magneto encephalography (MEG), Electrocardiography (EKG) and others, but which produce data susceptible to be represented as maps (i.e. containing positional information), can be seen as forms of medical imaging.

Diagnostic Imaging Services are Category 5 in the Medical Benefits Schedule … 55028 to 63497

Group I1 – Ultrasound

  • Subgroup 1 – General … 55028 to 55085
  • Subgroup 2 – Cardiac … 55113 to 55135
  • Subgroup 3 – Vascular … 55238 to 55296
  • Subgroup 4 – Urological … 55600 to 55603
  • Subgroup 5 – Obstetric and Gynaecological … 55700 to 55774
  • Subgroup 6 – Musculoskeletal … 55800 to 55854
  • Subgroup 7 - Transthoracic Echocardiogram and Stress Echocardiogram... 55126 to 55146

Group I2 – Computed Tomography

  • Head … 56001 to 56076
  • Neck … 56101 to 56147
  • Spine … 56219 to 56259
  • Chest and Upper Abdomen … 56301 to 56347
  • Upper Abdomen … 56401 to 56452
  • Upper Abdomen and Pelvis … 56501 to 56554
  • Extremities … 56619 to 56665
  • Chest Abdomen Pelvis and Neck… 56801 to 56847
  • Brain Chest and Upper Abdomen 57001 to 57047
  • Pelvimetry … 57201 to 57247
  • Interventional Techniques … 57341 to 57345
  • Spiral Angiography … 57350 to 57356

Group I3 – Diagnostic Radiology

  • Subgroup 1 – Radiographic Examination of Extremities … 57506 to 57527
  • Subgroup 2 – Radiographic Examination of Shoulder or Pelvis … 57700 to 57721
  • Subgroup 3 – Radiographic Examination of Head … 57901 to 57969
  • Subgroup 4 – Radiographic Examination of Spine … 58100 to 58115
  • Subgroup 5 – Bone Age Study and Skeletal Surveys … 58300 to 58306
  • Subgroup 6 – Radiographic Examination of Thoracic Region 58500 to 58527
  • Subgroup 7 – Radiographic Examination of Urinary Tract … 58700 to 58721
  • Subgroup 8 – Radiographic Examination of Alimentary Tract and Biliary System … 58900 to 58939
  • Subgroup 9 – Radiographic Examination for Localisation of Foreign Bodies … 59103
  • Subgroup 10 – Radiographic Examination of Breasts … 59300 to 59318
  • Subgroup 11 – Radiographic Examination in Connection with Pregnancy … 59503
  • Subgroup 12 – Radiographic Examination with Opaque or Contrast Media … 59700 to 59763
  • Subgroup 13 – Angiography … 59903 to 59974

By Digital Subtraction Technique

  • Subgroup 13 – Angiography … 60000 to 60078
  • Subgroup 14 – Tomography … 60100
  • Subgroup 15 – Fluoroscopic Examination … 60500 to 60509
  • Subgroup 16 – Preparation for Radiological Procedure … 60918 to 60927
  • Subgroup 17 – Interventional Techniques … 61109

Group I4 – Nuclear Medicine Imaging … 61310 to 61650

Group I5 – Magnetic Resonance Imaging

  • Subgroup 1 – Scan of Head - For Specified Conditions … 63001 to 63010
  • Subgroup 2 – Scan of Head - For Specified Conditions … 63040 to 63073
  • Subgroup 3 – Scan of Head and Neck Vessels - For Specified Conditions … 63101
  • Subgroup 4 – Scan of Head and Cervical Spine - For Specified Conditions … 63111 to 63114
  • Subgroup 5 – Scan of Head and Cervical Spine - For Specified Conditions … 63125 to 63131
  • Subgroup 6 – Scan of Spine – One Region or Two Contiguous Regions - For Specified

Conditions … 63151 to 63154

  • Subgroup 7 – Scan of Spine – One Region or Two Contiguous Regions - For Specified Conditions … 63161 to 63185
  • Subgroup 8 – Scan of Spine – Three Contiguous Regions or Two Non-Contiguous Regions - For Specified Conditions … 63201 to 63204
  • Subgroup 9 – Scan of Spine – Three Contiguous Regions or Two Non-Contiguous Regions - For Specified Conditions … 63219 to 63243
  • Subgroup 10 – Scan of Cervical Spine and Brachial Plexus - For Specified Conditions … 63271 to 63280
  • Subgroup 11 – Scan of Musculoskeletal System - For Specified Conditions … 63301 to 63307
  • Subgroup 12 – Scan of Musculoskeletal System - For Specified Conditions … 63322 to 63340
  • Subgroup 13 – Scan of Musculoskeletal System - For Specified Conditions … 63361
  • Subgroup 14 – Scan of Cardiovascular System - For Specified Conditions … 63385 to 63391
  • Subgroup 15 – Magnetic Resonance Angiography – Scan of the Cardiovascular System - For Specified Conditions … 63401 to 63404
  • Subgroup 16 – Magnetic Resonance Angiography - For Specified Conditions – Person Under the Age of 16 Years … 63416
  • Subgroup 17 – Magnetic Resonance Imaging - For Specified Conditions – Person Under the Age of 16 Years … 63425 to 63428
  • Subgroup 18 – Magnetic Resonance Imaging - For Specified Conditions – Person Under the Age of 16 Years … 63440 to 63446
  • Subgroup 19 – Scan of Body - For Specified Conditions … 63461 to 63467
  • Subgroup 20 – Scan of Pelvis and Upper Abdomen - For Specified Conditions … 63470 to 63476
  • Subgroup 21 – Scan of Body - For Specified Conditions … 63482
  • Subgroup 22 – Modifying Items … 63491 to 63497

Group I6 – Management of Bulk-Billed Services 64990 to 64991

 

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