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CPT® 2019:

Embrace New FNA Extraction 'Guidance-Specific' Codes

Published on Fri Nov 09, 2018

Evaluation coding stays the same. When your pathologist extracts a fine needle aspiration (FNA) specimen from a patient, you currently have two codes to choose from – but that is about to change. On Jan. 1, CPT® 2019 deletes one of the existing FNA extraction codes and revises the other. That’s just the start of what you need to know, [...]
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