tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2022 Issue Q3

Reader Questions: FNA: Understand Resequenced Codes

Question: When I’m trying to find an FNA procedure code in the CPT® manual, I find it very confusing. The codes are in numerical order, but it seems like most of them have a red note that states, “code is out of numerical sequence,” and are listed again with a # symbol in front of them. Could you please explain this? Virginia Subscriber Answer: Until 2019, CPT® provided just two codes for fine needle aspiration (FNA) extraction, the now-revised code 10021 (Fine needle aspiration biopsy, without imaging guidance; first lesion) and the now-deleted code 10022 (Fine...

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