AMA CPT® Assistant - 2008 Issue 11 (November)

Surgery/Integumentary System (November 2008)

November 2008 page 10b Surgery/Integumentary, 19295 (Q&A) Question: The CPT codebook states that add-on code 19295 should be used with codes 19102 and 19103. Can you also use code 19295 with another biopsy code (19100) or even an aspiration code (19000) when fluid was removed and a clip was placed pending a cytology report? Answer: No. As indicated in the parenthetical note following code 19295, it may be reported only in conjunction with CPT codes 19102 and 19103. Code 19295 is an image-guided percutaneous placement of a metallic localization clip during a breast biopsy. Code 19000 does not...

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