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2007 ICD-9-CM Procedure 85.43

Unilateral extended simple mastectomy

  • (mas-TEK-toe-mee) Surgery for breast cancer in which the breast, some of the lymph nodes under the arm, the lining over the chest muscles, and sometimes part of the chest wall muscles are removed.
  • Total mastectomy with axillary node dissection, but with preservation of the pectoral muscles.
  • 85.43 is a specific code that can be used to specify a procedure
  • 85.43 contains 4 index entries
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85.43 also known as:

  • Extended simple mastectomy NOS
  • Modified radical mastectomy
  • Simple mastectomy with excision of regional lymph nodes

Index entries containing 85.43:

Mastectomy (complete) (prophylactic) (simple) (unilateral) 85.41
  • with
    • excision of regional lymph nodes 85.43
  • extended
    • simple (with regional lymphadenectomy) (unilateral) 85.43
  • modified radical (unilateral) 85.43
  • radical (Halsted) (Meyer) (unilateral) 85.45
    • modified (unilateral) 85.43