AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2014 Issue 1; Correction Notice

Transbronchial Needle Aspiration Lymph Node Biopsy

Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM/PCS Fourth Quarter 2013, pages 111-112, advised to assign ICD-10-PCS code 07974ZX, Drainage of thorax lymphatic, percutaneous endoscopic approach, diagnostic, for a transbronchial endoscopic lymph node aspiration biopsy. This code assignment is inaccurate and the root operation should have been “excision.” Fine needle aspiration involves placing a needle through tissue, suction is then applied, and the tissue is aspirated for biopsy. The root operation drainage is used when fluid or gas is removed, for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes (i.e., collection of fluid or drainage of abscess). Assign the following ICD-10-PCS code for a...

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