Table 1.
Biopsy CPT® Codes and Short-Version Descriptions
| Fine needle (70%) | Code |
| Fine-needle biopsy with imaging guidance | 10022 |
| Needle biopsy chest lining | 32400 |
| Percutaneous biopsy lung/mediastinum | 32405 |
| Bronchoscopy (27%) | |
| Bronchoscopy/lung biopsy | 31628 |
| Bronchoscopy/needle biopsy | 31629 |
| VATS (3%) | |
| Thoracoscopy w/biopsy of nodule | 32608 |
| Thoracoscopy w/wedge resect | 32666 |
| Thoracoscopy w/biopsy infiltrate | 32607 |
| Thoracoscopy w/biopsy pleura | 32609 |
| Thoracotomy (0%) | |
| Open wedge/biopsy lung infiltrate | 32096 |
| Open wedge/biopsy lung nodule | 32097 |
| Open biopsy of lung pleura | 32098 |
CPT indicates Current Procedural Terminology; VATS, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.