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CT due to Trauma

Date: Oct 3, 2014

Question:

Scenario: ER physician orders a CT abdomen/pelvis, CT lumbar, and CT thoracic due to trauma. The patient is taken to the CT Department for scans. A “whole body” CT scan is obtained. The technologist manipulates the films, and the radiologist separately reports on each orderable. Please validate if it is appropriate to charge separately for a CT abdomen/pelvis, CT lumbar, and/or CT thoracic... or if the CT lumbar and CT thoracic would be considered “2D rendering”.

Question ID : 6112
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