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Biopsy with a Rotex Needle
Date: Dec 29, 2021
Question:
Should a biopsy with a Rotex needle be billed with the biopsy code and 76942 (e.g., thyroid biopsy 60100 and 76942) or 10005 (fine needle aspiration)? The literature that we have found on the Rotex says that material is excised instead of aspirated, so it gets complete cell clusters instead of single cells. Please advise.
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