AMA CPT® Assistant - 2021 Issue 5 (May)
Coding Brief: Breast Localization Clips Placement and Mastectomy Procedures (May 2021)
May 2021 page 11 Coding Brief: Breast Localization Clips Placement and Mastectomy Procedures For the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2018 code set, a new parenthetical note was added to the Breast subsection of the Integumentary System section that states: “[i]ntraoperative placement of clip[s] is not separately reported.” Since publication of these changes, there have been questions about when to correctly report percutaneous placement of breast localization device(s) (19281-19288), such as a clip, when performed the same day but prior to a mastectomy procedure (19301-19307). This coding brief will clarify appropriate reporting of these separate services when performed...
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