CPT codes for FNA assisting..

From:KMB1904@aol.com

Hello...I have learned so much from this service..I want to thank you all for your great ideas and answers!  ..Yes...I have another question...We are having an issue at my hospital with the CPT charging of fine needle aspirates...may I ask what you use to code a Fine needle..that the histo tech assists the pathologist....We had been using the code of 10022 and 10021 for this ..but we have been informed that that is only a physicians charge...Is there a CPT code that can be used for assisting the pathologist?   Or are our charges only for the block and the slides that are made??  I hope someone has an answer for me on this..I am getting alot of slack from our billing department!  Thank you again...in advance!!  This is a great service!!
    Kathy Bowden  HT

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