AMA CPT® Assistant - 2004 Issue 8 (August)

Musculoskeletal System/Surgery (August 2004)

August 2004 page 11a Coding Consultation:Questions and Answers Musculoskeletal System/Surgery, 20240 (Q&A) Question What is the appropriate code to report for an incisional bone biopsy of the sternum? AMA Comment From a CPT coding perspective, code 20240, Biopsy, bone, open; superficial (eg, ilium, sternum, spinous process, ribs, trochanter of femur), is the appropriate code to report. Code 20240 was editorially revised for CPT 2004 to clarify that it may be reported to describe an excisional or an incisional biopsy because the work involved in performing an incisional bone biopsy is the same as that involved in performing an...

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