What is a right axillary dissection?

What is a right axillary dissection?

Axillary dissection is a surgical procedure that incises the axilla to identify, examine, or remove lymph nodes. Axillary dissection has been the standard technique used in the staging and treatment of the axilla in breast cancer.

What does CPT code 19302 mean?

Partial mastectomy codes 19301 and 19302 both describe open excision of a breast lesion with “specific attention to adequate surgical margins,” according to CPT Assistant, as well as removal of “a larger amount of breast tissue … some skin … [and] lining over chest muscles below the tumor.”

What does CPT code 19301 include?

Oncologic resection with attention to margins (lumpectomy or partial mastectomy), code 19301, describes the procedure where margin status is indicated by any method and may include excision of additional surrounding tissue for margins.

What does CPT code 38900 mean?

38900, Intraoperative identification (eg, mapping) of. sentinel lymph node(s) includes injection of non-radioactive. dye, when performed (List separately in addition to code. for primary procedure) A modified radical mastectomy (total mastectomy with axillary dissection) is reported with CPT code 19307.

Why do we do axillary dissection?

Breast cancer can spread to the nearby lymph nodes in the underarms (axillary). The affected lymph nodes must be removed (dissection). This helps stop the cancer from spreading. Axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) is a procedure to remove these lymph nodes.

What does CPT 19380 include?

CPT 19380 is used when a revision is made to an already reconstructed breast that includes significant removal of tissue; re-ad- vancement and/or re-inset of flaps in autol- ogous reconstruction; or significant capsular revisions combined with soft-tissue excision in implant-based reconstruction.

What does CPT code 19120 mean?

CPT® Code. Description. 19120. Excision of cyst, fibroadenoma, or other benign or malignant tumor, aberrant breast tissue, duct lesion, nipple or areolar lesion, open, male or female, one or more lesion.

Can 19301 and 38525 be billed together?

Deep excision or biopsy (38525) is inclusive of superficial excision or biopsy (38500) at the same location, but either 38500 or 38525 may be reported in addition to 19301. 19301 and 38745. Complete axillary lymph node dissection also may accompany a partial mastectomy.

What does CPT code 19303 include?

Report code 19303, Mastectomy, simple, complete, for the mastectomy.

What does CPT code 38792 mean?

CPT code 38792 is for the injection of a radioactive tracer. This service is generally performed in the ancillary department by a radiologist prior to a patient being taken to the operating room for a sentinel node biopsy by the surgeon.