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bone marrow bx & asp with fluoro

Date: Jan 22, 2018

Question:

Code 38222 is not listed as an appropriate code to report with 77002, but codes 38220 and 38221 are. Is this an oversight, or should fluoroscopy not be reported with 38222?

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