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General Surgery Coding Alert

Correction:

Mammograms

Published on Sat Dec 01, 2001

General Surgery Coding Alert, October 2001, page 77, notes that three new ICD-9 mammogram codes were added in the 2002 ICD-9 manual. One of the codes was incorrectly identified as 793.82 (other abnormal findings on radiological examination of breast). The correct code is 793.89.
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