Pre-operative Diagnosis: Tumor on muscle of right arm
Post-operative Diagnosis: same
After localized anesthesia, a percutaneous bore needle was used to pierce into the muscle to obtain a biopsy of the muscle tissue. Tissue sample will be sent to pathology. No complications resulted to the patient, and he left the office in good condition.
Select the appropriate CPT and ICD-10-CM codes.

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

20206-RT is the correct CPT code for a biopsy of muscle performed percutaneously, and D49.2 is the correct ICD-10-CM code for a neoplasm of unspecified behavior of bone, soft tissue, and skin, which includes muscle.

Pre-Operative Diagnosis: Tumor on Muscle of Right Arm