AHA Coding Clinic® for HCPCS - 2015 Issue 2; Ask the Editor

Cryoablation, retroperitoneal lymph node

A patient with a left retroperitoneal lymph node presents for biopsy and cryoablation. Non-contrast CT images were performed initially. A guiding needle and a biopsy needle were passed into the nodule via CT guidance to obtain the core biopsies. Because the cryoablation was performed with 2 freeze cycles and the images obtained during each cycle, would the NCCI biopsy guidelines apply in this case? What are the correct CPT code assignments for the procedure performed? ...

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