Documentation of reason(s) for not performing minimally invasive biopsy to diagnose breast cancer properatively (e. g. , clinical and imaging findings consistent with a benign lesion, lesion too close to skin, implant, chest wall, etc. , lesion could not be adequately visualized for needle biopsy, patient condition prevents needle biopsy [weight, breast thickness, etc. ], duct excision without imaging abnormality, prophylactic mastectomy, reduction mammoplasty, excisional biopsy performed by another physician
This is the 2013 version of HCPCS G8876 - please refer to the 2016 HCPCS code set for the latest version.
Added on Sunday, January 01, 2012
Status changed on Tuesday, January 01, 2013 to: Change in long description of procedure or modifier code
