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- Axillary biopsy | Medical Billing and Coding Forum - AAPC
This has been a long battle, and now I am going to ask you all Patient presents to radiology for superficial axillary lymph node core needle biopsy Dr says it is a breast biopsy but everything clearly states superficial axillary lymph node core needle biopsy All my coders say it is
- AXILLARY MASS, excision | Medical Billing and Coding Forum - AAPC
Hello My office and our audit company had a discussion in reference to removing a (path report not avail at time of coding) lipoma Operative report procedure was: Excision Axillary Mass: Audit says to code 23075 76 (shoulder) Our coder used 19120 Also under discussion was 24075 (upper
- axilla ultrasound | Medical Billing and Coding Forum - AAPC
Axillary views taken during an ultrasound study of the breast are not reported separately, as they would be considered included in the breast ultrasound study Code 76645 (Ultrasound, breast [unilateral or bilateral], B-scan and or real time with image documentation) is used when evaluating one or both breasts for cysts or solid masses
- Wiki - Deep axillary lymph nodes, superficial or deep?
Level I nodes can be deep or superficial depending on depth, patient habitus, and extent of required dissection " " dissections are divided into three levels, Lymph nodes adjacent to the axillary tail of the breast may be considered superficial and those lymph nodes into the axilla would be considered deep" "
- Wiki - ULTRASOUND-GUIDED CORE BIOPSY WITH CLIP PLACEMENT -Axillary
ULTRASOUND-GUIDED CORE BIOPSY WITH CLIP PLACEMENT AND UNILATERAL DIGITAL DIAGNOSTIC MAMMOGRAM RIGHT AXILLA 10 22 2012 INDICATIONS: Enlarged right axillary lymph node Mammogram was otherwise unremarkable TECHNIQUE: After the patient identification and site to be biopsied were confirmed
- ICD-10-CM Code for Localized enlarged lymph nodes - AAPC
ICD-10 code R59 0 for Localized enlarged lymph nodes is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range -General symptoms and signs
- Wiki - Axillary Mass | Medical Billing and Coding Forum - AAPC
HI, When a subq lesion is exicised from the axillary mass, what area of the body is that considered part of? Would you consider it part of the thorax or arm or shoulder? Thank you Marci
- AMA Provides Clarity on Breast Excision Lymph Node Coding
Partial mastectomy with anything less than a complete axillary dissection, however, will call for 19301 Mastectomy, partial (eg, lumpectomy, tylectomy, quadrantectomy, segmentectomy) and the appropriate lymph node biopsy code 38500 Biopsy or excision of lymph node (s); open, superficial or 38525 Biopsy or excision of lymph node (s); open, deep
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