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FNA and Core Needle Biopsy for 2019

Date: Feb 21, 2019

Question:

It appears that CPT guidelines for 2019 are allowing FNA and core biopsies for the same lesion, same session, same day, and same imaging guidance. So if the radiologist performs a fine needle aspiration with US guidance of the thyroid, followed by a core needle biopsy with US guidance of the same lesion, can we report code 10005 with 60100 (but no imaging)? I just want to make sure this is correct since this hits an NCCI edit.

Question ID : 12055
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