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19287/19288 vs. 19287

Date: Feb 9, 2015

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For the following example, would you report codes 19287 and 19288? Or just code 19287? "Pre-operative MRI-guided bracket 2-wire localization of the right breast, with the target R1 (a 4.1 cm linear clumped non-mass enhancement at the 8:00 position in the anterior to middle depth, 7.4 cm from the nipple) located between the two wire tips and their distal segments."

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