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PERCUTANEOUS US GUIDED SYNOVIAL BIOPSY OF HIP

Date: Jan 9, 2023

Question:

AFTER OBTAINING CONSENT, AN US CORE BIOPSY OF THE RT HIP SYNOVIUM WAS PERFORMED. PREPROCEDURAL IMAGING OF THE RT HIP DEMONSTRATED A TOTAL RT HIP ARTHROPATHY WITH EXTENSIVE SYNOVIAL THICKENING ALONG THE ANTERIOR MARGIN OF THE FEMORAL STEM. THE RT HIP WAS SCANNED AND THE REGION OF INTEREST WAS LOCALIZED, UNDER US GUIDANCE, 5 PASES WERE MADE AND BIOPSY SPECIMENS WERE OBTAINED USING AN 18 GAUGE BIOSY GUN. WOULD THIS BE CODED AS 76942 AND 20206?

Question ID : 18233
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