A 48-year-old female comes to her physician for aspiration of her right ring finger where fluid has accumulated due to a past injury of that finger and she continues to have pain. The physician performs arthrocentesis and follows up with an injection of steroid in the same joint. Select the appropriate CPT code.

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The correct CPT code for aspiration and/or injection of a small joint or bursa, such as a finger joint, is 20600. The modifier F8 indicates the right ring finger.

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