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Date: Jul 6, 2010

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Dr. Z., Can we charge for CT guidance (77012) for a Bone Marrow Biopsy (38221)? The CPT code book specifies which RS&I codes to use with every other kind of Biopsy, but for bone marrow only mentions the code for the interpretation (88305). Thanks,

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