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Will This CPT® Guideline Change How You Code Breast Implant Removals in 2022? Find Out.

Published on Tue Oct 26, 2021

Find out if a broken implant qualifies as a foreign body. The 2022 updates to the CPT® surgery guidelines contain a small addition that could lead to some large confusion for oncology coding. This update does two things. First, it provides new definitions that differentiate between an implant and a foreign body. Then, it tells you how to apply these [...]
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