AMA CPT® Assistant - 2004 Issue 3 (March)

Digestive System/Surgery (March 2004)

March 2004 page 11 Coding Consultation:Questions and Answers Digestive System, 43232 (Q&A) Question If more than one fine needle biopsy is taken during an operative session, can code 43232 be reported more than one time? AMA Comment Code 43232 describes fine needle aspiration/biopsy(s). The use of ‘(s)’ in the code descriptor indicates that this code should be reported one time, regardless of the number of fine needle biopsies taken during the operative session. Digestive System/Surgery (March 2004). CPT® Assistant. 2004; March 2004 page 11 ...

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