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Wiki Core Biopsy of Axillary Abscess

Thread starter jlsaxon74
Start date Mar 21, 2012

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jlsaxon74

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Mar 21, 2012

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How would code a core biopsy of an axillar abscess. Would I use 11100 or would I use breast biopsy codes?

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lindacoder

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Mar 21, 2012

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if the path comes back with "breast" tissue then I would use 19100, otherwise I would use 11000. Hope that helps.

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