re: Radiology enquiry
Dear University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust,
I am hoping that you can help me with my enquiry.
Could you please let me know the patient numbers for the following procedure codes and where applicable the hospital within your trust that carries them out?
Please also break these down for 2020, 2021 and ytd 2022 or by months should that be simpler.
Procedure code Description
XCEMB Contrast enhanced spectral mammography Both
XCEML Contrast enhanced spectral mammography Lt
XCEMR Contrast enhanced spectral mammography Rt
Yours faithfully,
Mr Roger Turnkey
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