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Can 32097 be billed with 32220?
Date: Sep 29, 2021
Question:
Our provider did a thoracoromy with decortication of the left upper and left lower lung for fibrothorax. He also did a left upper lung wedge biopsy because of abnormality seen on CT scan (pathology report came back as inflammation tissue). Can 32097 and 32220 be billed here?
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