mceisele
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Hello,
If a surgeon performs a temporal artery biopsy but the path report indicates no artery in sample (just some fibrous tissue and a lymph node), would it be appropiate to code CPT 37609 with a 52 modifier? The descriptor reads, Ligation or biopsy, temporal artery; (and no ligation was done).
I could use some help on this one.
Thank you,
Celeste
If a surgeon performs a temporal artery biopsy but the path report indicates no artery in sample (just some fibrous tissue and a lymph node), would it be appropiate to code CPT 37609 with a 52 modifier? The descriptor reads, Ligation or biopsy, temporal artery; (and no ligation was done).
I could use some help on this one.
Thank you,
Celeste