Wiki Mammogram Diagnosis

[aschaeve]

If a patient is having a mammogram for a screening, you use the Z12.31. If it is diagnostic you would use the diagnosis for that. My question is, if the screening shows a lesion, how is that diagnosis coded? Is it still considered a screening followed by a mass/lump diagnosis or just an abnormal diagnosis?

Thanks,

Alicia

 

[xXxPARAGONxXx]

Is it still considered a screening followed by a mass/lump diagnosis...

Correct. Refer to the right branch of the following algorithm from 2024 AAPC ICD-10-CM Expert, p. G31:




Also, ibid.,

Should a condition be discovered during the screening then the code for the condition may be assigned as an additional diagnosis.

 

[aschaeve]

This is perfect, thank you