This is question on ICD-10-PCS coding If one breast was resected prophylactically, that is prophylactic mastectomy, and on the other one modified radical mastectomy (mastectomy + axillary nodes are removed) was done, do I code mastectomy bilateral and resection of axillary nodes? or do I code mastectomy of the left breast, mastectomy of the right breast, resection of axillary lymph nodes? Thank you!
This is question on ICD-10-PCS coding If one breast was resected prophylactically, that is prophylactic mastectomy, and on the other one modified radical mastectomy (mastectomy + axillary nodes are removed) was done, do I code mastectomy bilateral and resection of axillary nodes? or do I code mastectomy of the left breast, mastectomy of the right breast, resection of axillary lymph nodes? Thank you!
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If one breast was resected prophylactically, that is prophylactic mastectomy, and on the other one modified radical mastectomy (mastectomy + axillary nodes are removed) was done, do I code mastectomy bilateral and resection of axillary nodes? or do I code mastectomy of the left breast, mastectomy of the right breast, resection of axillary lymph nodes?
Thank you!
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