AMA CPT® Assistant - 2019 Issue 3 (March)

Radiology: Diagnostic Radiology (Diagnostic Imaging) (Q&A) (March 2019)

March 2019 page 11b Radiology: Diagnostic Radiology (Diagnostic Imaging) Question: An adult patient had a history of metastatic colorectal cancer with enlarging liver lesions. During a Y-90 radioembolization and angiography procedure with a total sedation time of 120 minutes of a limited pre-embolization contrast-enhanced interventional radiology (IR) computed tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen was performed in both early and late arterial phases with the microcatheter positioned within the anterior division of the right hepatic artery. What code should be reported for the limited IR CT scan? Answer: Report code 76380, Computed tomography, limited or localized follow-up study, for...

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