AMA CPT® Assistant - 2019 Issue 12 (December)
Breast and Chest Wall Procedures (December 2019)
December 2019 page 4 Breast and Chest Wall Procedures The 2020 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set has significant changes in the Integumentary System/Breast subsection. The Incision and Excision subheadings have been deleted; code 19304 has been deleted; and chest wall procedure codes 19260, 19271, and 19272 have been renumbered and relocated in the CPT code set. In addition, new introductory guidelines and definitions have been added to the Breast subsection. This article provides information about these changes. Deletion of CPT Code 19304 In 2017, the CPT Assistant Editorial Board requested clarification for coding nipple- and skin-sparing mastectomy...
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