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AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2005 Issue 3; Ask the Editor
CT Guided Needle Aspiration of Intervertebral Disk
The patient underwent T11-T12 disk space aspiration and core needle biopsy. Under CT control, a 16-gauge guiding catheter was placed with tip in the middle of the T11-T12 disk. Approximately 5 ml of fluid was aspirated and sent to the laboratory for gram-strain and culture. Core needle biopsies were also obtained and sent for cytology. How should this procedure be coded?
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