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Clarify Specimens to Capture Bone-Marrow Specimen Pay

Published on Wed Aug 10, 2022

Question: When the pathologist gets bone marrow specimens from a surgical procedure, the surgeon may call it a “biopsy” or “aspiration,” but sometimes we get both from a single procedure. How should we code the pathology exam in these cases? New Hampshire Subscriber Answer: CPT® provides distinct codes for pathology exam of bone marrow aspiration and biopsy specimens, as follows: 88305 (Level [...]
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