I am stumped!! My Radiologist just completed an Ultrasound guided alcohol ablation of a submandibular lymph node for metastatic thyroid cancer. Would this be the unlisted code 38999? Any help is greatly appreciated.
"After perinodal anesthesia and skin cleansing the 25-guage needle was passed into this lymph node. The node was treated from its most distal peripheral points proximally. Small applications of alcohol were instilled under ultrasound guidance. Needle tip is visualized at all times. A total 0.6 ml of alcohol was utilized.
"After perinodal anesthesia and skin cleansing the 25-guage needle was passed into this lymph node. The node was treated from its most distal peripheral points proximally. Small applications of alcohol were instilled under ultrasound guidance. Needle tip is visualized at all times. A total 0.6 ml of alcohol was utilized.