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Use This Tree for Correct Screening Mammography Coding
Published on Mon Jun 24, 2024
Question: If a patient is having a mammogram for a screening, you use the Z12.31. If it is diagnostic you would use the diagnosis for that. My question is, if the screening shows a lesion, how is that diagnosis coded? Is it still considered a screening followed by a mass/lump diagnosis or just an abnormal diagnosis? AAPC Forum Participant Answer: You are [...]