 2008 ICD-9-CM Procedure 85.45
- Unilateral radical mastectomy
- (RAD-ih-kal mas-TEK-toe-mee) Surgery for breast cancer in which the breast, chest muscles, and all of the lymph nodes under the arm are removed. For many years, this was the operation most used, but it is used now only when the tumor has spread to the chest muscles. Also called the Halsted radical mastectomy.
- Removal of the breast, pectoral muscles, axillary lymph nodes, and associated skin and subcutaneous tissue.
- 85.45 is a specific code that can be used to specify a procedure
- 85.45 contains 2 index entries
- View the full ICD-9-CM Volume 3 85.* hierarchy
85.45 also known as:- Excision of breast, pectoral muscles, and regional lymph nodes [axillary, clavicular, supraclavicular]
- Radical mastectomy NOS
Index entries containing 85.45:- Block
- dissection
- breast
- unilateral
 85.45
Mastectomy (complete) (prophylactic) (simple) (unilateral) 85.41- radical (Halsted) (Meyer) (unilateral) 85.45
- bilateral 85.46
- extended (Urban) (unilateral) 85.47
- modified (unilateral) 85.43
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