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Wiki Abdominal Fat Pad Biopsy for amyloid typing

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Thursday at 8:33 AM

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For an abdominal fat pad biopsy for amyloid typing which code is the better code: 49180 or 11104. This would be a skin biopsy.
Thanks, Candis Haskins

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iowagirl77

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Thursday at 9:35 AM

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49180 is a much deeper biopsy of a mass; I would go with 11104. Here's a good reference: https://www.kzanow.com/coding-coaches/abdominal-fat-pad-core-biopsy

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