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Bronchial lavage

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NMURPHY8366

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Hello. I have a doctor that performed a bronchial lavage and suctioned out mucus from the patient's lung. The coder is coding a code for the lavage and an aspiration code. Does an aspiration code need to be billed for this procedure?
 
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