CPT Knowledgebase - May 13, 2019

What code should be used to report a physicians work for fine needle aspiration (FNA) of nodular thyroid gland (bilateral lobes)? The physician performs an FNA biopsy without image guidance on the right thyroid lobe nodule; however, the physician then determines that ultrasound guidance is necessary for an FNA biopsy of the left thyroid lobe nodule.

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