19361

CPT^® 19361, Under Repair and/or Reconstruction Procedures on the Breast

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 19361 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Repair and/or Reconstruction Procedures on the Breast.

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Summary

The provider artificially creates the contour of a breast with a flap of tissue and muscle harvested from behind the shoulder and sutured at the site of the breast to restore cosmetic appearance following a modified or radical mastectomy, or to repair a defect.

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CPT code 19361 question

I work for a plastic surgeon and I have a question about CPT code 19361. Does this code include the preparation of the donor site or do I need to add an additional code for that? Thank you ahead of ... [ Read More ]

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[b]latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap with expander[/b] I would not use 19357 but would instead use 19361 and 19340 referenceing the CPT assistant ,March 2010 page: 9, 10 . Question: What are th... [ Read More ]

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[b]Lat Flap with tissue expanders[/b] Is anyone continuing to have problems with ins bundling the Lat Flap and breast tissue expanders 19361 and 19357? Any solutions?... [ Read More ]

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[b]latissimus dorsi flap and tissue expander[/b] I know this post was back in 2009 but I have this same issue with my claims. My physician performs the latissimus dorsi flap...and then tissue expan... [ Read More ]

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[b]Slide-Swing Flap[/b] [QUOTE="trinitybilling, post: 227198, member: 190102"]StudentCPC11: Thank you for your reply! While searching, I talked to the CSA that helped with the procedure and she said ... [ Read More ]

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