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Would imaging be bundled with other procedure?

Date: Mar 30, 2023

Question:

Patient had a CT-guided kidney biopsy (50200/77012). Patient then had two CT-guided drain placements into "perinephric and paranephric fluid collections" (49406 x 2). Can I keep 77012 for the biopsy even though imaging is bundled with the adjacent drain placements?

Question ID : 18599
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