HCPCS codes / G / G8873
G8873
Patients with needle localization specimens which are not amenable to intraoperative imaging such as mri needle wire localization, or targets which are tentatively identified on mammogram or ultrasound which do not contain a biopsy marker but which can be verified on intraoperative inspection or pathology (e.g., needle biopsy site where the biopsy marker is remote from the actual biopsy site)
- Code type
- HCPCS Level II
- Coverage
- Carrier judgment
- BETOS category
- M5B
- Pricing indicator
- 00
- Effective date
- 20210101
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