Pathology/Lab Coding Alert
Correction
Published on Wed Jan 17, 2007
Correction: A typographical error identifying a bone marrow biopsy extraction as "38220" appeared in the reader question "Watch for Same-Incision Biopsy/Aspiration" in Vol. 8 No. 12 of Pathology/Lab Coding Alert. The actual code is 38221, as correctly identified elsewhere in the question. We apologize for any confusion this may have caused.
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Correction: A typographical error identifying a bone marrow biopsy extraction as "38220" appeared in the [...]
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