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Spotlight Breast Localization Device Coding
Published on Fri Mar 10, 2017
Question: Our surgeon placed localization devices for two lesions in the patient’s left breast using ultrasound guidance. How should we code the procedure? Tennessee Subscriber Answer: Report 19285 (Placement of breast localization device[s] [e.g., clip, metallic pellet, wire/needle, radioactive seeds], percutaneous; first lesion, including ultrasound guidance) and +19286 (…each additional lesion, including ultrasound guidance [List separately in addition to code for primary [...]