A patient with three thyroid nodules is seen for an FNA biopsy. Using ultrasonic guidance, the provider inserts a 25-gauge needle into each nodule. Nodular tissue is aspirated and sent to pathology.
What CPT® coding reported?
A patient with three thyroid nodules is seen for an FNA biopsy. Using ultrasonic guidance, the provider inserts a 25-gauge needle into each nodule. Nodular tissue is aspirated and sent to pathology.
What CPT® coding reported?
FNA is most commonly performed under ultrasound guidance and uses the code 10005 for the first nodule sampled, and 10006 for any additional nodules C.
10006 each additional nodule also used 10006 and usually reported with a modifier 10006 x 3 makes since
ultrasonic guidance procedure
Ultrasonic Guidance Procedures and FNA needle
Google results say that the procedure always requires ultrasonic guidance, so the 76942 code is unnecessary.