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One of our surgeons was going to remove a clavicular mass that is in the deep tissue/muscle of a pt but when he got in there, he was unable to remove the entire mass as it was attached to the subclavian vein. He then decided to just take a biopsy of the mass and call it good. It came back as a malignant melanoma. I cannot find a CPT code for the biopsy. If anyone has any ideas, please let me know! Thanks!
 
what about code 23066? In the desk reference it states biopsy down deep within the soft tissue, such into the facial layer OR within the muscle. A portion is excised and submitted for path, irrigated and closed.
 
Thanks! I am pretty sure that's the code I will use. I am going to the Dissecting Op Reports workshop tomorrow so am going to wait to code the procedure. Maybe I'll learn something there! :) I was also thinking I could code it as a removal of a mass with the discontinued procedure modifier.....
 
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