General Surgery Coding Alert

CPT® 2021:

Master Lung Biopsy Coding Changes

Use modifiers for multiple specimen extractions. When your general surgeon performs a lung or mediastinum percutaneous needle core biopsy, you should be ready to code the case differently than you did prior to January of this year. Not only does CPT® 2021 delete one code and add one code that you need to know, but AMA also introduces new guidelines [...]
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