Question: Tennessee Subscriber Answer: Surgeons commonly use the inverted T incision as part of a modified radical mastectomy. The mastectomy with this type of incision provides a breast conserving therapy. The inverted T incision is especially common for modified radical mastectomy when the tumor is situated in the central or inferior quadrant of the breast. Although you are correct that you would code a cosmetic mastopexy -- which also often uses the inverted T incision -- as 19316 (Mastopexy), you should not additionally use this code. The surgeon performs a single procedure at the site, and you should code it as such. -- Reader Questions and You Be the Coder were prepared with the assistance of Marcella Bucknam, CPC, CCS-P, CPC-H, CCS, CPC-P, COBGC, CCC, manager of compliance education for the University of Washington Physicians Compliance Program.