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Examination: Gastric-Emptying Study Reason for the Examination: This Is a Study of Elimination

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Examination: Gastric-emptying study
Reason for the examination: This is a study of elimination for gastroparesis, abdominal cramping, and pain.
Interpretation: One millicurie of technetium-99m sulfur colloid was given through a gastrostomy tube in saline. The normal half-time of clearance of liquid material from the stomach is 12 minutes. The patient's clearance is 50 minutes, which is a fourfold increase in time and is compatible with a marked delay in gastric emptying.
Select the appropriate ICD-10-CM and CPT code(s) :


A) K31.84, 78264
B) K31.89, R10.84, 78262
C) K31.819, 78264
D) K31.84, R10.84, 78264

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