AMA CPT® Assistant - 2005 Issue 4 (April)

Changes to the Integumentary, Breast Section (April 2005)

April 2005 pages 6-9 Coding Communication:Changes to the Integumentary, Breast Section Breast cancer continues to surface as a top national health concern. It ranks number 1 in occurrence and number 2 in death among women. In recent years, many significant scientific strides have been made in the treatment of this disease, prompting revisions to the CPT codebook to accurately describe the advancements. This coding update focuses on the new guidelines added to the breast excision subsection, the one revised breast excision code, and the three new codes that describe the advancements in brachytherapy treatment of breast cancer within the...

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