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Multiple Breast Biopsies/FNAs

Date: Feb 26, 2018

Question:

In the left breast, an ultrasound-guided core of one lesion and four fine needle aspirations of four different lesions were done in a single encounter... how would you code? How about two cores and two fine needle aspirations in a single encounter (all separate lesions in the same breast, single encounter)? How many times can code 76942 be applied?

Question ID : 10121
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