AMA CPT® Assistant - 2021 Issue 4 (April)
Breast Repair and/or Reconstruction: Changes for 2021 (April 2021)
April 2021 pages 3-6 Breast Repair and/or Reconstruction: Changes for 2021 For the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2021 code set, a significant number of codes were revised or deleted in the Breast subsection of the Integumentary System section. In addition, new introductory guidelines were added to the Repair and/or Reconstruction subsection, along with numerous instructional parenthetical notes. All of these changes were made to reflect current practice, simplify terms, and clarify physician work. This article provides an overview of these changes. Introduction 11970Replacement of tissue expander with permanent implant 11971Removal of tissue expander without insertion of implant (Do...
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