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Date: Apr 30, 2021

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I have a question about 3D reconstruction. I have a facility that wants to bill for reconstruction for pre-op planning for patients that have liver cancer prior to Y90. They are performed on a separate day than the MRI scan. This is the dictation: "3D reconstructions were performed on imaging data under concurrent supervision on an independent workstation at the request of referring doctor. For hepatocellular carcinoma. Please reference accession number XXX for associated exam." This does not sound like enough dictation. Also concurrent supervision. Does that mean the radiologist needs to be in the room with the tech re-formatting the images?

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