We are a Plastic Surgery Team that has many breast surgeons in the practice. One of the doctors had asked me:
"When I see breast cancer patients for follow up, yearly exam am I to use the Z08 after completed treatment for malignant neoplasm? Personal history of breast cancer z85.3 with extra designation to identify side, quadrant, and estrogen status? Then if they are on endocrine therapy do I use the code for long term use of SERM or AI, z79.810 or z79.811?
This is what she had been...
Breast Cancer Patients
"When I see breast cancer patients for follow up, yearly exam am I to use the Z08 after completed treatment for malignant neoplasm? Personal history of breast cancer z85.3 with extra designation to identify side, quadrant, and estrogen status? Then if they are on endocrine therapy do I use the code for long term use of SERM or AI, z79.810 or z79.811?
This is what she had been...
Breast Cancer Patients
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