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Patient had an excision and biopsy of rt axillary mass
this is a patient with a mass in rt axilla consistent with a lipoma for axillary breast tissue consented for biopsy.
Procedure - the rt axilla was prepped and draped in a sterile fashion. A linear incision was made directly over the mass. Electrocautery was used to dissect through the subcutaneous tissue down to the mass. Flaps were created towards the arm and towards the chest. Dissection was then carried down to into the lymph node bearing tissue of the axilla to competly excise the mass. . It apperared consistent with a lipoma. Some of the overlying skin was also excised.. The wound was irrigated with normal saline. now Thw subcutaneous tissue was closed with interrupted 3-0 vicryl suture.
path report came back as 610.1 -benign fatty tissue
now it seems to USE 38525 -LYMPH NODE BUT SOMEONE told me to use 19120 ? what do you think ?
this is a patient with a mass in rt axilla consistent with a lipoma for axillary breast tissue consented for biopsy.
Procedure - the rt axilla was prepped and draped in a sterile fashion. A linear incision was made directly over the mass. Electrocautery was used to dissect through the subcutaneous tissue down to the mass. Flaps were created towards the arm and towards the chest. Dissection was then carried down to into the lymph node bearing tissue of the axilla to competly excise the mass. . It apperared consistent with a lipoma. Some of the overlying skin was also excised.. The wound was irrigated with normal saline. now Thw subcutaneous tissue was closed with interrupted 3-0 vicryl suture.
path report came back as 610.1 -benign fatty tissue
now it seems to USE 38525 -LYMPH NODE BUT SOMEONE told me to use 19120 ? what do you think ?