Can anyone give me some insight on reporting 38220, 38221 for Hospital Outpatient coding and reporting guidelines? This is a big discussion within our department.
some feel that 38221 is the only code that should be reported for aspiration/biopsy.
Others feel that if they do aspiration and biopsy that both should be reported, 38220 and 38221.
How can we distinguish the two and know what codes are accurate to report?