AMA CPT® Assistant - 2020 Issue 5 (May)

Mastectomy Procedures (May 2020)

May 2020 pages 9-11 Mastectomy Procedures The December 2019 issue of CPT Assistant included an article, Breast and Chest Wall Procedures, that highlighted specific procedures in the Integumentary System section that were renumbered and relocated to the Musculoskeletal System section in the CPT 2020 code set. This article focuses on the new introductory guidelines added to the Integumentary System/Mastectomy Procedures subsection of the CPT 2020 code set. New Guidelines The Mastectomy Procedures subsection includes mastectomy codes reported for gynecomastia (19300) and the treatment or prevention of breast cancer codes (19301-19307) reported for the removal of breast tissue for breast-size...

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