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3 Tips Transform Thyroid Nodule Fine Needle Claims Into Successful Submissions

Published on Tue Sep 04, 2018

Check for biopsy, append appropriate modifiers, and count units. Tally how many lesions are being aspirated to maximize your units. A final needle aspiration (FNA) claim code lands on your desk, and you’re already turning to codes 10021 (Fine needle aspiration; without imaging guidance) or 10022 (Fine needle aspiration; with imaging guidance). However, your coding expertise shouldn’t stop there. You [...]
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