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Chapter 4
Section 2.2
General
Surgery
Issue Date: March 11, 2002
Copyright: CPT only © 2006 American Medical
Association (or such other date of publication of CPT).
All Rights Reserved.
Revision:
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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