AMA CPT® Assistant - 2021 Issue 4 (April)

Reporting Lung Biopsy With Imaging Guidance (32408) (April 2021)

April 2021 pages 10-11 Reporting Lung Biopsy With Imaging Guidance (32408) For the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2021 code set, changes were made for the reporting of a percutaneous core needle biopsy of the lung or mediastinum. This article provides an overview of these changes. Because lung and mediastinum percutaneous core needle biopsies are typically performed with imaging guidance, code 32405 was deleted and replaced with code 32408, which includes imaging guidance, when performed. Therefore, beginning in 2021, imaging guidance (76942, 77002, 77012, 77021) may not be reported separately in conjunction with code 32408. In addition, code 32408...

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