tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2005 Issue 9

Learn From More Examples With This Breast Biopsy Self-Quiz

To be sure that you've mastered breast biopsy coding, test your knowledge against the following scenarios. Scenario 1: Under fluoroscopic guidance, the surgeon makes a small incision and removes tissue from two separate breast lesions using a needle core. One lesion is on the right breast, the second is on the left breast. At the same time, the surgeon places a localization clip in each breast to identify the site of the lesion. The surgeon closes the surgical wound and sends the samples to pathology for analysis. This occurs in a facility setting.How to report it:...

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