NESmith
Expert
I have an Endrocrinologist who is performing a FNA of the Thyroid with Unltrasound Guidance. He states in his report that with Ultrasound guidance, 2 passes were made with a 25g needle. To assure adequace the last pass was made using a 18g/core needle. He sent the aspiration as direct smears in alcohol. He is billing this as a 10022-59 & 60100. I was under the understanding that a biopsy would be sent in a speciman jar in formalin and done as a gross examination. The reports would also be different as one would be a cytology report and the other a histology. Please help me with this. Thanks