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Code This Re-excision Post Mastectomy

Published on Wed Dec 20, 2023

Question: Following a right mastectomy for invasive ductal carcinoma, the patient had a small local recurrence in the chest wall incision six months later. The surgeon performed a second procedure at that time, marking an ellipse over the area of the lesion measuring 3 x 4 cm and excising tissue to the intramuscular layer. Should we use a mastectomy code or [...]
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