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Check Reason for FNA and Biopsy Together

Published on Mon May 16, 2016

Question: Our surgeon performed a fine needle aspiration of a mediastinal mass. During an intraoperative consultation, the pathologist said that the specimen was inadequate due to much contamination with blood cells. For that reason, the surgeon then performed a needle core biopsy of the mass. Can we code for both procedures? California Subscriber Answer: You should be able to code both of [...]
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