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Procedure Coding:

Pick Prostate Cancer Biopsy Codes Precisely

Published on Wed Oct 25, 2023

Know when to go beyond 55700. Confused as to which code to use when your provider performs a prostate biopsy on a patient? If you are, it’s not surprising. Altogether, the CPT® index lists six codes under biopsy, prostate: three are specific to prostate biopsies, and three more reference biopsies as part of different surgical procedures that a provider might [...]
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