AMA CPT® Assistant - 2005 Issue 4 (April)

Radiology (April 2005)

April 2005 page 16-end Coding Consultation:Questions and Answers Radiology, 76942 (Q&A) Question Would it be appropriate to report code 76942, Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement (eg, biopsy, aspiration, injection, localization device), imaging supervision and interpretation, twice when there is more than one lesion in the breast? AMA Comment From a CPT coding perspective, code 76942 should be reported per distinct lesion that requires separate needle placement. Therefore, if several passes are made into two separate lesions in the same organ (ie, two lesions in same breast), then code 76942 would be reported twice. Radiology (April 2005). CPT® Assistant...

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