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J715
J715 – PET – Cardiology, excluding myocardial perfusion
OHIP Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Code · Schedule of Benefits
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scan for cardiology indications, excluding myocardial perfusion. This service is used for cardiology-related PET imaging, including the investigation of cardiac-related infection or inflammation.
When to Use
- Use J715 when performing a PET scan specifically to investigate cardiac sarcoidosis or suspected cardiac device-related infection.
- Use J715 for cardiac inflammation assessments where J717 is explicitly excluded due to the cardiac-specific nature of the pathology.
Common Pitfalls
- Billing J715 for myocardial perfusion studies, which must be billed under J900 instead.
- Attempting to bill J715 alongside J717 for the same patient on the same day, which will trigger a rejection due to the daily limit on the PET scan group.
- Billing for the interpretation of the CT component of a PET/CT scan separately, as this is considered an included element of the J715 service.
Billing Tips
- Apply the 30% professional benefit increase using the appropriate Y-prefix code if you perform advanced quantification or data manipulation that provides diagnostic information beyond visual inspection.
- Ensure the technical component (suffix B) is not claimed if the patient is a hospital inpatient or admitted within 24 hours for the same condition.
Provider Fee$0.00
Anaesthetist Fee$237.50
Non-Anaesthetist Fee$237.50
Effective: April 1, 2026
Service Type
Nuclear Medicine - IN VIVO
Code Classes
Diagnostic Procedure
PET scanning for all oncologic or suspected oncologic indications must be performed using a combined PET-computed tomography scanner (PET/CT) or combined PET-magnetic resonance imaging scanner (PET/MR) to provide attenuation correction and anatomic localization.
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