AHA Coding Clinic® for HCPCS - 2012 Issue 3; Ask the Editor
Image Guided Needle Placement
Physicians will occasionally perform image guided needle placement to aid excision of tissue in areas other than the breast. Please advise the appropriate needle placement code that would be assigned when the needle is placed in the calf in order to identify the soft tissue Schwannoma.
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