AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2004 Issue 1; Ask the Editor

Mammosite Radiation Therapy System

Surgeons at our hospital performed a new procedure, MammoSite catheter insertion for a patient with non-invasive carcinoma of the upper outer quadrant of the breast. The patient presented to the hospital status post lumpectomy. An incision of the breast was done and a catheter was placed for delivery of internal radiation to the tissue near the lumpectomy site. During another encounter, radioactive seeds were inserted through the catheter. How should the insertion of the Mammosite device be coded when internal radiation is not done? ...

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