AABCP Forms Coding Committee

The American Association of Breast Care Professionals (AABCP) has announced the formation of the first national Post-Mastectomy Coding Committee.

Its purpose will be to define, research, track, and recommend to all interested parties conservative post-mastectomy coding practices for the breast care industry. The committee is charged with gathering statistical data for the industry, developing outcome studies where applicable, and coordinating the application for new codes that would more accurately reflect both new technologies and the features of products currently being prescribed and delivered.

AABCP President Rhonda F. Turner, PhD, MBA, JD, CFM, BOCPO, explained that membership on this five-person committee will be by annual invitation. Members must be either AABCP individual members or corporate associates, and must commit to regular meetings and calls.

Currently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recognize eight active L-Codes for post-mastectomy products.

"Using AABCP surveys throughout 2008, we now understand that most payers believe that all breast forms are equal and interchangeable," Turner said. "AABCP would like to change that opinion."

The AABCP said that it believes that additional codes are an appropriate path to clarifying and redefining post-mastectomy products and services and to ultimately providing the most appropriate service.

For more information and to apply to be considered for the committee, visit www.aabcp.org

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