The Use of Unlisted Billing Codes for Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction and Implications for Code Consolidation
Alan Z. Yang,
Colby J. Hyland,
Matthew J. Carty
et al.
Abstract:Background Private insurers have considered consolidating the billing codes presently available for microvascular breast reconstruction. There is a need to understand how these different codes are currently distributed and used to help inform how coding consolidation may impact patients and providers.
Methods Using the Massachusetts All-Payer Claims Database between 2016 and 2020, patients who underwent microsurgical breast reconstruction following mastectomy for cancer-related indications were ident… Show more
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