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AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 1984 November - December; New Technologies

Tissue Expansion

Code assignments for insertion of tissue expander are as follows: Note: As of October 1, 1987, insertion of tissue expander for breast is coded to 85.95. Insertion of tissue expander of other sites is coded to 86.93. Breast, 85.89 Other sites, 86.89 (Coders should be guided by exclusion notes.) Tissue expansion is a means of creating extra soft tissue for skin reconstruction. It involves a physiological process in which the skin or mucous membrane accommodates a slowly growing mass beneath it by increasing its own surface area. Tissue expansion has been used in breast...

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