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Date: Mar 23, 2010

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Hello Dr. Z, please read below: Cone beam CT acquisition was performed during contrast injection into the right hepatic artery with two dimensional CT reconstruction demonstrating the dominance of supply to the tumor mass by posterior branches of the right hepatic artery. Post embolization cone beam CT acquisition which was also transferred to a separate workstation demonstrated retention of the oily contrast only within the tumor mass and not within the remainder of the liver. >From what I am told by the dept., a 3D image is produced but what is being questioned is the CONE BEAM CT...is there a separate CPT code for this procedure or is this just part of the 3D process?  I know what's missing is the 3D documentation, right. Can you please explain?

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