AHA Coding Clinic® for HCPCS - 2019 Issue 1

Fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy and other biopsy codes

Several new CPT codes were recently created, revised and deleted in the Surgery section under the General and Integumentary System subsections for 2019. The new codes are for fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy procedures which include different imaging modalities and other biopsy procedures performed via different techniques. A fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy is a type of biopsy procedure where material is aspirated with a fine needle and the cells are examined cytologically. A core needle biopsy is a percutaneous procedure that involves removing a sample of tissue using a hollow core needle and the tissue sample is used...

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