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Bilateral breast capsulotomy and tissue expander removal with insertion of prosthesis

Hi All,
Patient has a history of breast cancer and has an surgical hx of bilateral nipple sparing mastectomy.Now comes in for capsulotomy with tissue expander removal and insertion of breast prosthesis.
Please suggest CPT codes
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BREAST TISSUE REARRANGEMENT/ EXCISION SKIN LESIONs

Hello,
I am new to coding breast procedure. Can someone help find the code(s) to the procedure below?

The breast mass excision is 19120. Need help with other codes.

He began the left breast mass excision by excising an ellipse along what I am to be her new IMF. I used her right IMF as a template to design her new left IMF. It was significantly lower and more medial than her current left IMF which had been distorted superiorly and laterally by a large 4 x 3 cm bluish medial left inframammary fold mass. Please see his dictation for the excision portion of the procedure.
While he was working on the left side I began on the right side. With a scalpel I excised all 3 lesions previously discussed .These included a 1 cm irregular brown pigmented nevus of her right areola halfway between the nipple base and area lower margin. The length of the ellipse excised measured 2 cm to include 5 mm margin. In addition I excised a 6 mm dry crusty nonpigmented raised lesion of the sternum to the right of midline. A 2.5 cm ellipse of skin was excised to include a 5 mm margin. Finally I excised the 1 cm round raised subcutaneous lesion of the right upper chest wall with a 3 cm ellipse of skin along the midclavicular line. They were all sent to pathology for examination. Hemostasis was achieved using electrocautery. All 3 areas were injected with a total of 20 cc of quarter percent Marcaine with epinephrine for anesthesia. The lesions were irrigated with normal saline. They were closed in layers using 4-0 Polysorb in the dermis and 4-0 Biosyn the subcuticular layer.
Once Dr. completed the left breast mass excision I mobilized the left breast tissue off the pectoralis. Care was taken to maintain the superior medial and lateral blood supply to the breast tissue and nipple areolar complex. I then incised the left breast IMF to allow it to descend approximately 1.5 cm to match the contralateral side. I tacked the skin down using 2-0 Polysorb sutures to re-create the new inframammary fold. Then using 2-0 Polysorb interrupted figure-of-eight sutures I medialized the breast tissue to fill the defect left after excising the left breast mass. The patient was sat upright 90 degrees to assess the symmetry and new contour of the breast. A small amount of additional redundant skin along the new IMF was resected using the tailor tacking technique. Patient was returned to prone position. The left breast pocket was irrigated with normal saline. Hemostasis was achieved using cautery. And is 30 cc of quarter percent Marcaine with epinephrine was injected for local anesthesia. The incision was then closed in layers using 3-0 Polysorb in the dermis and 4-0 Biosyn subcuticular layer. Dermabond prineo was placed over all of the incisions. A surgical bra was placed. The patient was awoken from anesthesia without complication and transferred to the recovery room in stable condition. At the end of the case all the needle, sponge and instrument counts were correct x 2 and I was present for the entire case.

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Exploration of perineum with coccygectomy and debridement of the devitalized tissue

Hello. I’m hoping someone else migh have some input. I have gone round in circles in my head trying to code this out. I’ve never had to code a coccygectomy in any way, shape, or form LOL. I’m not so sure that 27080 fits appropriately in this case, but the dianosis is not a pressure ulcer either. I am so appreciative for ANY insight or thoughts. Thanks in advance.

Preoperative/Postoperative Diagnosis: Abscess of perineum with osteomyelitis of coccyx

Procedure: Exploration of perineum with coccygectomy and debridement of the devitalized tissue

Anesthesia: General

Procedure: Patient was taken to the OR. After adequate general anesthesia, the patietn was turned in a right lateral position. The area was prepped with DuraPrep and draped steriley. The patient had a fistulous tract, which was explored with a blunt clamp. The incision was carried down through subcutaneous tissues. There is a necrotic grey tissue with purulence noted. Culures were taken. This seems to encase the coccyx. The coccyx was removed with a Kocher clamp as well as a rongeur up to the level of the sacrum. The nectroic tissue was well excised. The depth of the wound was approximately 8 cm wiht a wound 10 cm long and 4 cm wide. The bone was exposed and excised as was deep tissues of the pelvis. The wound was inspected for hemostasis. Irrigation was utilized. Cautery was used to help with hemostasis. The wound was then treated with a wound vac, which was bridged to the left anterior thigh. The patient tolerated the procedure and was taken to the recovery room in stable condition.

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Help Excision Soft Tissue Mass Finget

The DR is performing an excision soft tissue mass from the finger , it is excised from the root extending into the DIP joint, and removing the osteophyte off the dorsal base of the distal phalanx , I coded 26115 because the size of mass, However is there a code for the osteophyte ? Or is there a better code for both the mass and osteophyte ,
I appreciate any help

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