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Can item 31340 be claimed if histology does not confirm that muscle, bone or cartilage was excised?

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This question asked was, if there is documentation on a procedure report indicating that bone/muscle/cartilage was taken at the same time as an excision of a malignant skin lesion yet the histology specimen does not contain any muscle/bone/cartilage can MBS 31340 still be billed?

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