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Wiki Perineal needle biopsy

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20206 or 56605 or ??? Pt is female. Thanks in Advance!!

Right buttock region is prepped and draped using sterile technique. Approximately 15 mL of 1% buffered lidocaine is injected for local anesthetic. Using CT guidance with a 17-gauge introducer needle and 18 G core needle, 4 samples are obtained.


CT images are captured and stored.


IMPRESSION

Successful image guided core biopsy of right perineal mass.
 
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I think this could be coded just as 56605 as they have biopsied the same lesion multiple times and 56606 is for additional LESIONS.
 
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