Chapter 4
Section 2.2
General Surgery
Issue Date: March
11, 2002
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American Medical Association (or such other date of publication
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1.0 CPT PROCEDURE
CODES
10021, 10022
2.0 DESCRIPTION
This
subsection conforms to the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT)
Manual, which relocated procedure codes that were located in the
Pathology and Laboratory section of the CPT Manual.
3.0 POLICY
Fine
needle aspiration, with or without imaging guidance, is covered.
Note: For
fine needle aspiration, use CPT procedure code 10021. For image
guided breast biopsy, see CPT procedure codes 19102, 19103, 10022.
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