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Guru
The doctor did a consult for a patient and in the plan it says "Opened left upper lip pustule with 22 gauge needle at bedside, expressed approximately 1-2cc of pus, sent for culture." I'm going back and for between codes 10060 I&D of abscess and 10160 puncture aspiration of abscess because I read that for I&D they use a needle but since they collected pus to send for culture I'm leaning more towards 10160 puncture aspiration but I just want to make sure that is correct.