Oncology & Hematology Coding Alert
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Differentiate Bone Marrow Harvesting and Sampling
Published on Wed May 04, 2016
Question: How can we report bone marrow harvesting? Do the codes for bone marrow sampling apply to bone marrow harvesting?
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Answer: When your physician harvests stem cells from the bone marrow, you submit code 38230 (Bone marrow harvesting for transplantation; allogeneic) or 38232 (Bone marrow harvesting for transplantation; autologous), depending upon the allogeneic or autologous sites of harvest.
Bone marrow sampling is different: Be sure not to report this service using codes for diagnostic bone marrow sampling, such as aspiration or biopsy. Hence, you should not report codes 38220 (Bone marrow; aspiration only) or 38221 (Bone marrow; biopsy, needle or trocar).
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