Types of tissue flap procedures
Surgery to reconstruct the breasts can be done (or started) at the time of the mastectomy (which is called immediate reconstruction) or it can be done after the mastectomy incisions have healed and breast cancer therapy has been completed (which is called delayed reconstruction). Delayed reconstruction can happen months or even years after the mastectomy.
What breast reconstruction might do:
The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT ®) code 19357 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Repair and/or Reconstruction Procedures on the Breast. Subscribe to Codify and get the code details in a flash.
1 for Encounter for breast reconstruction following mastectomy is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Factors influencing health status and contact with health services .
Other specified disorders of breast N64. 89 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM N64. 89 became effective on October 1, 2021.
N64. 89 - Other specified disorders of breast. ICD-10-CM.
Breast Cancer ICD-10 Code Reference SheetLeftC50.012Malignant neoplasm of nipple and areola, left female breastC50.112Malignant neoplasm of central portion, left female breastC50.212Malignant neoplasm of upper-inner quadrant, left female breastC50.312Malignant neoplasm of lower-inner quadrant, left female breast8 more rows
Disproportion of reconstructed breast 1 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM N65. 1 became effective on October 1, 2021. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of N65.
ICD-10 code R92. 8 for Other abnormal and inconclusive findings on diagnostic imaging of breast is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified .
ICD-10 code N64. 4 for Mastodynia is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the genitourinary system .
For example, Z12. 31 (Encounter for screening mammogram for malignant neoplasm of breast) is the correct code to use when you are ordering a routine mammogram for a patient. However, coders are coming across many routine mammogram orders that use Z12.
ICD CODE: For women with dense breasts, an appropriate ICD-10 code is 92.2 (which is “inconclusive mammogram” and can be used because of dense breast tissue).
N64. 59 - Other Signs and Symptoms in Breast [Internet]. In: ICD-10-CM.
2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N63: Unspecified lump in breast.
DIAGNOSIS CODES The proper diagnosis code to report would be Z12. 31, Encounter for screening mammogram for malignant neoplasm of breast. The Medicare deductible and co-pay/coinsurance are waived for this service.
Inclusion Terms are a list of concepts for which a specific code is used. The list of Inclusion Terms is useful for determining the correct code in some cases, but the list is not necessarily exhaustive.
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code N65.0. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.
This is the official exact match mapping between ICD9 and ICD10, as provided by the General Equivalency mapping crosswalk. This means that in all cases where the ICD9 code 612.0 was previously used, N65.0 is the appropriate modern ICD10 code.
N65.0 is a valid billable ICD-10 diagnosis code for Deformity of reconstructed breast . It is found in the 2021 version of the ICD-10 Clinical Modification (CM) and can be used in all HIPAA-covered transactions from Oct 01, 2020 - Sep 30, 2021 .
Diagnosis for males only - The diagnosis code can only apply to a male patient.