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How a medical recoding may limit cancer patients' options for breast reconstruction

Por: CBS News Health May 31, 2023

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The federal government is reconsidering a decision that breast cancer patients, plastic surgeons, and members of Congress have protested would limit women's options for reconstructive surgery.On June 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plans to for a type of breast reconstruction known as DIEP flap, in which skin, fat, and blood vessels are harvested from a woman's abdomen to create a new breast.The procedure offers... + full article



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