Question:
Is it ever possible to assign two primary FNA biopsy codes at the same session?
Answer:
Yes. When two separate lesions are sampled using two different types of modality-specific guidance, each lesion is assigned the modality-specific primary code. Any additional lesions studied using the same type of guidance would be described with the modality-specific add-on code.
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