CPT Knowledgebase - Mar 2, 2021

If a physician performs two types of lung biopsies (transbronchial forceps biopsy and transbronchial needle aspiration biopsy) on the same peripheral lesion in a single lobe, is it appropriate to report both codes 31628 and 31629 (or is code 31629 specific to the central airways)?

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