Appendix Table 1.
Diagnosis, Procedure, and Pharmacy Codes Used to Define Screening MRI
Identify breast MRI procedures in medical claims using the following: | |
CPT: 76093, 77058; HCPCS: C8903–05 (breast MRI, unilateral) CPT: 76094, 77059; HCPCS: C8906–08 (breast MRI, bilateral) Note: Exclude from screening numerator if there is another MRI procedure within 30–90 days before (2000–2005) or 1–90 days before (after 2006) |
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Exclude as workup for breast implant complication if within 270 days after any of the following: | |
Mechanical Complication of Breast Implant |
ICD-9 Diagnosis codes: 99654 (mechanical complications due to breast prosthesis), 99679 (other complications of internal prosthetic device, implant, and graft) ICD-10 Diagnosis codes: T854*XA (mechanical complication of breast prosthesis and implant, initial), T858*XA (other complications of internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts, not elsewhere classified, initial) |
Exclude as a diagnostic MRI if within 90 days after any of the following: | |
Breast Surgery |
CPT: 19160, 19180, 19182, 19200, 19220, 19240, 19301–7, 19162 (mastectomy); 19361, 19364, 19366–9 (breast reconstruction); 19260, 19271, 19272 (excision of chest wall tumor); 38525 (biopsy or excision of deep axillary lymph nodes); 38740, 38745 (axillary lymphadenectomy); 19340 (insertion of breast prosthesis) ICD-9 Procedure Codes: 403, 4022, 4023, 4051 (excision of regional, axillary or mammary lymph nodes); 8521 (lumpectomy); 8522 (resection of quadrant of breast); 8524 (excision of ectopic breast tissue); 8525 (excision of nipple); 8523, 8541–8 (mastectomy) ICD-10 Procedure Codes: 0H5(W or X)ZZ (destruction of nipple); 0HB(T, U, or V)ZZ (excision of breast); 0HB(W,X, or Y)ZZ (excision of nipple); 0HT(U or V)ZZ (resection of breast); 0HT(W or X)ZZ (resection of nipple); 0HTY0ZZ (resection of supermumerary breast) |
Radiation Therapy |
CPT: 77261–3, 77280, 77285, 77290, 77295, 77299 (therapeutic radiology treatment planning); 77300, 77301, 77305, 77310, 77315, 77321, 77326, 77327, 77328, 77331 (dosimetry); 77332–4 (design of treatment devices); 77336, 77370, 77399 (medical physics consultation); 77401–9, 77411–8 (radiation treatment delivery); 77427, 77431, 77432, 77499 (radiation treatment management); 77470 (special treatment procedure) HCPCS: Q3001 (brachytherapy radioelements) |
Exclude as a diagnostic MRI if within 90 days after any of the following: | |
Breast Biopsy |
CPT: 10021–2, 88170–1 (fine needle aspiration); 19081–6, 19100–3, 77031 (breast biopsy); 76095–6, 77032,19295 (guidance for breast biopsy or needle placement); 88173 (cytopathology) ICD-9 Procedure Codes: 8511–2 (breast biopsy), 8520 (excision or destruction of breast tissue, not specified) ICD-10 Procedure Codes: 0H9(T, U, or V)ZX (drainage of breast); 0H9(W or X)ZX (drainage of nipple); 0HB(T, U, or V)ZX (excision of breast, diagnostic); 0HB(W or X)ZX (excision of nipple, diagnostic); 0HBY*ZX (excision of supernumerary breast, diagnostic) |
Sign or Symptom of Breast Problem |
ICD-9 Diagnosis Codes: 6117* (signs and symptoms of breast problem) ICD-10 Diagnosis Codes: N63** (unspecified lump in breast); N645*(other symptoms in breast) |
Abnormal Breast Image |
ICD-9 Diagnosis Codes: 79380, 79381, 79389 (nonspecific abnormal findings on radiological and other examination of breast) Note: DO NOT use 79382, as this corresponds to dense breasts ICD-10 Diagnosis Codes: R920, R921, R928 (abnormal and inconclusive findings on diagnostic imaging of breast) Note: DO NOT use R922, as this corresponds to dense breasts |
Diagnostic Mammogram |
CPT: 76082, 76090, 76091, 77055, 77056, 77065, 77066, 77051 HCPCS: G0204, G0206, G0205, G0207, G0236, G0205, G0207, G0236 |
Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer |
CPT: 96400, 96405, 96406, 96413, 96415, 96520, 96408, 96409, 96410, 96411, 96412, 96414, 96416, 96417, 96420, 96422, 96423, 96425, 96440, 96445, 96450, 96530, 96542, 96545, 96549 (chemotherapy administration) HCPCS: C9280, J8520, J8521, J8530, J8540, J9000, J9001, J9025, J9035, J9045, J9060, J9062, J9070, J9080, J9090–7, J9170, J9171, J9190, J9201, J9207, J9208, J9211, J9260, J9264, J9265, J9355, J9390, J9395, Q0083–5, Q0163, Q0164, Q0166, Q0167, Q0169, Q0173, Q0174, Q0175, Q0177, Q0180, Q0181, X7052, X7624, X7646 (various chemotherapeutic agents) ICD-9 Procedure codes: 8592, 9925 (injection or infusion of cancer chemotherapeutic substance) |
Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer (continued) |
ICD-10 Procedure codes: 3E00XGC, 3E0(3, 4, 5, 6, 9, B, C, D, R, S, or U)** 05 (antineoplastic), XW03351, XW033B3, XW033C3, XW04351, XW043B3, XW043C3 (new antineoplastic technologies) NDC Codes: available from authors upon request. Note: Require active breast cancer diagnosis (carcinoma in situ ICD9/10 233.**; D05.** or malignant breast neoplasm ICD9/10 174.**; C50.**) within 7 days to exclude treatment for other cancers |