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CT reads by cardiology and radiology

Date: May 13, 2022

Question:

Is it appropriate for the cardiologist to read the CT congenital heart and the radiologist to read the thorax CT and both bill for the reads from the same scan (75573-26, 71260-26)?

Question ID : 16592
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