General Question for the Week of September 26, 2022
What are LCDs in regard to laboratory services?
What are LCDs in regard to laboratory services?
What do left heart congenital catheterization codes (93595, 93596, 93597) include?
Is there a code for removal of a gastrostomy or other colonic tube?
Can you code both an FNA biopsy and a core biopsy performed at the same session, on the same lesion, using the same type of imaging guidance?
Is it ever possible to assign two primary FNA biopsy codes at the same session?
What is a fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy and how is this different from a core biopsy?
What are the codes for atherectomy in the iliac arteries?
How would you code when a radiologist is asked to create a new access, or enlarge an existing access, for a urologist to perform subsequent endourologic
procedures?
What is the difference between a ‘catheter’ and a ‘stent’ in genitourinary procedures?
What are the “additional artery” codes for revascularization in the femoral/ popliteal territory?
What are the differences between codes 75625 and 75630 for an abdominal aortogram?
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