AMA CPT® Assistant - 2015 Issue 3 (March)

Surgery: Hemic and Lymphatic Systems (Q&A) (March 2015)

March 2015 page 9b Surgery: Hemic and Lymphatic Systems Question: When an oncologist performs a bone marrow aspirate and biopsy from the same site, may both the biopsy and aspirate be reported? Answer: Yes. Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy are performed with separate instruments and for different purposes. They are processed in different ways and interpreted by different individuals. Therefore, if procedures identified by codes 38220, Bone marrow; aspiration only, and 38221, Bone marrow; biopsy, needle or trocar, are both performed at the same site, each code may be reported. Surgery: Hemic and Lymphatic Systems (Q&A) (March 2015)...

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