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My surgeon installs a temporary balloon catheter in the breast at time of lumpectomy and sometimes after a reexcision for margins.

Later she installs the Mammosite catheter a day or two later.

All codes take me back to 19296 and 19697 which would be inappropriate for the temporary balloon catheter at the time of partial mastectomy.

I am unable to locate the correct code for the temporary balloon catheter insertion.
 
vng3853 said:
My surgeon installs a temporary balloon catheter in the breast at time of lumpectomy and sometimes after a reexcision for margins.

Later she installs the Mammosite catheter a day or two later.

All codes take me back to 19296 and 19697 which would be inappropriate for the temporary balloon catheter at the time of partial mastectomy.

I am unable to locate the correct code for the temporary balloon catheter insertion.
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The placement of a cavity evaluation device, best described by procedure code 19499, used as a placeholder for the Mammosite catheter, is considered to be part of global surgical service rendered and not eligible for separate reimbursement.
 
the purpose of the temporary catheter is to hold the place where the Mammosite catheter will be inserted at a later date.
 
My physician does the mammosite also. I asked the same question when we first started doing them. I was told by the mammosite rep that the temporary balloon catheter is not billable. You just bill for the procedure (lumpectomy).
 
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