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Ultrasound Guidance, Code 76942

Date: Aug 6, 2014

Question:

If a patient has two breast lesions (one lesion is a core biopsy 19083 and second lesion is a final needle aspiration 10022) that are performed with ultrasound guidance, may we report code 76492 for the fine needle aspiration? Should we report a -59 modifier with code 10022?

Question ID : 5806
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