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ALCOHOL AND MICROWAVE ABLATION ON SAME LIVER LESION
Date: Feb 28, 2024
Question:
I know that we can bill two different ablation codes when performed on two separate/distinct lesions within the liver, but what about when they perform 2 different ablation types on the SAME lesion in the liver? Can we code both the alcohol and the microwave ablation or just the microwave?
IMPRESSION:
1) Successful ethanol ablation of the hepatic segment 4A metastatic mass using CT fluoroscopic guidance as described above.
2) Successful microwave ablation of the hepatic segment 4A metastatic mass using CT fluoroscopic guidance as described above.
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