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Radionuclide CholescintographyAka: HIDA scan, DISIDA scan

Technique
1. Technetium-iminodiacetic acid analog injected IV
  1. HIDA scan used for Serum Bilirubin < 5-7 mg/dl
  2. DISIDA scan used for Serum Bilirubin >7 mg/dl
2. Absorbed and secreted into biliary tract by hepatocytes
Interpretation
1. Normal Billiary tract and Gallbladder
  1. Clear outline gallbladder and cystic duct in 1 hour
2. Cystic duct obstruction
  1. Failure to outline Gallbladder within 1 hour

Radionuclide biliary patency study (C0203762)
Concepts	Diagnostic Procedure (T060)
English	HIDA scan, Radionuclide biliary patency study
Spanish	estudio de la permeabilidad biliar por radionuclidos, estudio de la permeabilidad biliar por radiosotopos
Parent Concepts	Radionuclide hepatobiliary study (C0412401), Procedure on biliary tract (C1292983)
Sources	SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)

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Radionuclide CholescintographyAka: HIDA scan, DISIDA scan

Radionuclide biliary patency study (C0203762)

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