AMA CPT® Assistant - 2003 Issue 6 (June)

Myomectomy (June 2003)

June 2003 pages 4-5 Coding Communication:Myomectomy Uterine fibroid tumors (myomas), also known as uterine fibromas, are the most common growth of the female genital tract. They are round, firm, benign masses of the muscular wall of the uterus. They are composed of smooth muscle and connective tissue and affect 30 percent of women. Many can be the size of a marble, or they can grow gradually to the size of an orange, grapefruit, or even a volleyball. Myomas, like breast fibrocysts, are a product of estrogen dominance (too much estrogen). Estrogen stimulates their growth, and lack of estrogen causes...

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