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General Surgery Coding Alert

Needle Procedures:

Confusing FNA and PNB Could Cost You

Published on Tue Jun 18, 2019

Look for three distinguishing features in the op report. If you’ve ever looked at an op report for a surgical sampling of a thyroid nodule, hepatic lesion, or other site, you might have been lost by the “needle” terminology in the op report. Maybe it’s not clear if your surgeon performed a fine needle aspiration (FNA) or a percutaneous needle [...]
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