mmckibbin
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We had a patient come in with a breast abscess. My provider inserted a few small needles and allowed the fluid to drain. We sent that as a culture to the lab so it's not a biopsy. I'm wondering which is the appropriate code to use. 10160 is puncture aspiration of abscess and 19020 is labeled as a mastotomy, can't use 19000 because it's not a cyst even though that best fits what we did.