Wiki Bone biopsy with orif pathological fracture

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If the Orhto doctor is seeing the patient due to pathological fracture and decides to perform bone biopsy,sends to path and turns out to be malignant can the bone biopsy be with modifier 59??

 

[Orthocoderpgu]

I'm assuming a restorative procedure was performed

If your surgeon is performing a restorative procedure, and takes a biopsy while they are there, the biopsy is just incidental. The fact that it conforms a pathological fracture does not mean anything.