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In the CPT Assistant
Year: 2015
Issue: March
Pages: 9
Title: Surgery: Musculoskeletal System
When a question was asked "When an oncologist performs a bone marrow aspirate and biopsy from the same site, may both the biopsy and aspirate be reported?"
The answer was given as an "Yes. Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy are performed with separate instruments and for different purposes. They are processed in different ways and interpreted by different individuals. Therefore, if procedures identified by codes 38220, Bone marrow; aspiration only, and 38221, Bone marrow; biopsy, needle or trocar, are both performed at the same site, each code may be reported."
Has anyone been successful in getting paid when billed together?
Year: 2015
Issue: March
Pages: 9
Title: Surgery: Musculoskeletal System
When a question was asked "When an oncologist performs a bone marrow aspirate and biopsy from the same site, may both the biopsy and aspirate be reported?"
The answer was given as an "Yes. Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy are performed with separate instruments and for different purposes. They are processed in different ways and interpreted by different individuals. Therefore, if procedures identified by codes 38220, Bone marrow; aspiration only, and 38221, Bone marrow; biopsy, needle or trocar, are both performed at the same site, each code may be reported."
Has anyone been successful in getting paid when billed together?