tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2010 Issue 4

4 Tips Eliminate Your Breast Implant Coding Challenges

Don't lose 19342 pay for delayed insertion. Your general surgeon may perform breast reconstruction following cancer, infection, trauma, or burns, or in some cases, strictly for cosmetic reasons. Make sure you capture appropriate implant pay, when that's part of the surgical scheme, by following our experts' tips. Tip 1: Prosthesis' Purpose Drives Coding Breast implants commonly serve two functions ��\" cosmetic breast enhancement or breast reconstruction following a disfiguring event such as mastectomy for cancer or a traumatic injury. CPT divides implant codes based on the function, so that's the first distinction you need to make when...

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