Percutaneous Image-Guided Breast Biopsy To Receive Unique Coding By April
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Percutaneous image-guided breast biopsy procedures will be assigned unique payment and coding by the Health Care Financing Administration by April 2000, agency staffers predict following the release of a Medicare coverage decision memorandum.
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