19301

CPT^® 19301, Under Mastectomy Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 19301 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Mastectomy Procedures.

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The provider removes a lesion, including surrounding margins, or a significant portion (a segment or quadrant) of the breast without removing the entire breast or lymph nodes.

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Partial mastectomy with tissue transfer

Hello everyone. I am coding for a [B]breast surgeon[/B] who does partial mastectomy (19301) for malignancy and then does either a mastopexy (19316) or an adjacent tissue transfer (14001) to achieve a... [ Read More ]

19125 or 19301

Hello, I want to code 19301 since the operative report states that the provider removed the mass with a 2.5 cm benign-appearing border. In my opinion, the language of benign appearing border is clearl... [ Read More ]

Practical Application ch 7???

[QUOTE="sls314, post: 507545, member: 523015"] In your screenshot, the ICD-10 code selection states that it was for the Lump/breast/right/lower outer quadrant. N63.13 is the correct diagnosis code. Th... [ Read More ]

Practical Application ch 7???

[QUOTE="cgillitzer, post: 507537, member: 797853"] why does the "answer" say the op note lists the procedure being done on the "upper outer quad" when the note actually says "lower outer quad"??? fee... [ Read More ]

Help with breast coding Revision of mastectomy

Hate to ask for more but both pathologies may be helpful as well. I think an original mastectomy was performed to a certain depth making this a simple mastectomy originally and the revision CPT of 193... [ Read More ]

Help with breast coding Revision of mastectomy

Sounds like the original "mastectomy" was not complete if he is re-excising breast tissue? CPT 19301 would be the appropriate code for re-excision of breast tissue. Maybe a review of the primary proce... [ Read More ]

breast coding help 19125 vs 19301

19125 is for excision of breast lesion that has a preop placement radiological marker. So in this case they will only remove said lesion and the marker helps them find it; marker is removed with the ... [ Read More ]

breast coding help 19125 vs 19301

Could someone please let me know where to find the latest on breast coding. We have a lot of confusion with "lumpectomy" . I would like some resources to show the Doctors the verbiage difference betwe... [ Read More ]

Breast lumpectomy w/ adjacent tissue transfer

[QUOTE="Kellyg45, post: 468938, member: 466611"] I code these 2 codes together & I get a lot of denials. Even after they are appealed they say the documentation doesn't support the 14001, even though ... [ Read More ]

Savi Scout during partial mastectomy

A recent [I]CPT Assistant[/I] (Volume 31, Issue 5) says that location devices can be billed separately providing they are placed in a procedure separate from the partial mastectomy, usually prior. If ... [ Read More ]

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