AMA CPT® Assistant - 2019 Issue 3 (March)
Surgery: Integumentary System (Q&A) (March 2019)
March 2019 page 10a Surgery: Integumentary System Question: What is the correct code to report a fat-pad biopsy? Percutaneous "Tru-Cut" (core) needle fat biopsies were obtained at the same time and same general location (superficial to the posterior iliac crest) when the bone marrow biopsy is obtained for selected patients with myeloma and suspected amyloidosis. Answer: Code 17999, Unlisted procedure, skin, mucous membrane and subcutaneous tissue, should be reported for the fat biopsies. Currently, the CPT code set does not include a specific code to report core-needle biopsies of subcutaneous fat alone (without overlying epidermis/dermis). In addition, the codes...
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