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Don't Report Same Lobe Biopsies With +31632
Published on Tue Apr 30, 2013
Question: Our pulmonologist recently performed a bronchoscopy on a patient. During the procedure, he found three lesions in the anterior and lateral segments of the lower left lobe. He performed transbronchial biopsies of both the lesions and sent them to the lab for analysis. I want to report 31628, 31632 and 31632-59 for the procedure that our pulmonologist performed. Is [...]