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Otolaryngology Coding Alert

1 Easy Way to Keep FNA and PNB Straight

Published on Sun Jan 02, 2005

Determine aspiration or biopsy with a glance at this chart

Seven clues can help you zoom in on whether you should use a fine needle aspiration (FNA) code or a site-specific percutaneous needle biopsy (PNB) code.

You can match the key term with the corresponding 10021-10022 or 38505, 42400, 60100 procedure if you post this handy chart near your workstation.
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