A physician orders a fluoroscopic guidance for needle placement to aspirate a small, possibly malignant lesion on a patient's liver. What is the code for this type of radiologic guidance procedure?

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77002 is the correct code for fluoroscopic guidance for needle placement (e.g., biopsy, aspiration, injection, localization device).
Code 77001 is incorrect as this is an add-on code for fluoroscopic guidance for central venous access device placement. Code 77003 is incorrect because this code is for fluoroscopic guidance and localization of needle or catheter tip for spine or paraspinous diagnostic or therapeutic injection procedures. Code 77011 is incorrect because this code is for computed tomography guidance for stereotactic localization.

A Physician Orders a Fluoroscopic Guidance for Needle Placement to Aspirate