Oncology & Hematology Coding Alert

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Check Your Answers to Our Year-in-Review Coding Quiz

Here’s the modifier you need to apply to each additional lesion. Once you’ve answered the quiz questions on page 3, compare your answers with the ones provided below: Answer 1: CPT® 2021 introduced 32408 (Core needle biopsy, lung or mediastinum, percutaneous, including imaging guidance, when performed). According to CPT® Assistant Volume 31: Issue 4 (2021), “because lung and mediastinum percutaneous [...]
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