CPT Knowledgebase - May 6, 2025

What code should be used in addition to 19125 if a surgeon performs a wire localized excisional biopsy in the right breast at 9:00 through a lateral incision and then makes a separate incision in the medial portion of the same breast to perform another wire localized excisional biopsy for a separate and distinctly localized lesion?

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