AMA CPT® Assistant - 2009 Issue 11 (November)
Transbronchial Needle Aspiration Zones (TBNA) (November 2009)
November 2009 page 8 Coding Brief:Transbronchial Needle Aspiration Zones (TBNA) Lymph node staging is a very important part of the management of patients with lung cancer, and is an important integral responsibility of physicians who are performing bronchoscopy to diagnose lung cancer. The current Mountain and Dressler (Mountain C, Dresler C. Chest 1997; 111:1718) staging system categorizes lymph nodes into various groupings, such as N1, N2, and N3. Appropriate staging is one of the most important services bronchoscopists can perform as part of their procedure. The next generation of lymph node staging will most likely be more specific. For...
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