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Wiki capsulectomy breast

Thread starter JJackson506
Start date Mar 1, 2012

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JJackson506

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Mar 1, 2012

Capsulectomy vs. Capsulotomy

mdunn said:
patient has developed a seroma. the implant has been removed at a previous encounter. The doctor is stating a capsulectomy was performed. Periprosthetic capsulectomy doesnt seem to fit this scenario. would this just be 19120?

Could you provide the intra-service work from the op-note to help clarify...you have capsulectomy (19371) and capsulotomy (19370). But significant work has to be done to be able to code 19371.

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