Hello,
Can someone explain to me the difference between the code 19101 vs 19120.
My physcian did a breast biopsy, a brief description reads:
An elliptical skin incision was used to excise an ellipse of skin along with a portion of the underlying mass. The specimen was submitted for frozen section, which confirmed invasive carcinoma.
In the CDR for 19101-The physcian removes tissue for BX. The mass is often examined imediately. 19120- the physcian excises breast tissue for BX. what is the difference between those two descriptions in the coders desk reference? I was going to use 19101 since the mass was not already determined (suspect mass)until the BX was done, and it was immediately examined after removed. I believe in 19120, the mass has already been examined previously, and the physcian goes in to excise it?
Thanks in advance!
Can someone explain to me the difference between the code 19101 vs 19120.
My physcian did a breast biopsy, a brief description reads:
An elliptical skin incision was used to excise an ellipse of skin along with a portion of the underlying mass. The specimen was submitted for frozen section, which confirmed invasive carcinoma.
In the CDR for 19101-The physcian removes tissue for BX. The mass is often examined imediately. 19120- the physcian excises breast tissue for BX. what is the difference between those two descriptions in the coders desk reference? I was going to use 19101 since the mass was not already determined (suspect mass)until the BX was done, and it was immediately examined after removed. I believe in 19120, the mass has already been examined previously, and the physcian goes in to excise it?
Thanks in advance!