We then excluded beneficiaries with any mammogram (CPT codes 77055, 77056, 77057, 77065, 77066, 77077 or HCPCS codes G0202, G0204, G0206) in the 11 months before the index mammography. For lung cancer screening, outcomes were receipt of LDCT (CPT codes G0297, S8032, 71271) in enrollees...
A screening mammogram was identified as a bilateral mammogram (carrier files with Current Procedure Terminology [CPT] codes of 76091 and 76092) for a woman who had received no mammogram in the prior 11 months and with no breast-related diagnosis (International Classification of Diseases, Ninth ...
Of PEH eligible for screening mammography, 237 (18%) had at least one screening mammogram during this five-year interval (2017, 2.2%; 2018, 4.3%; 2019, 3.6%; 2020, 3.7%; 2021, 4.3%). In a cohort of 6,240 non-PEH eligible for screening over the same timeframe, the screening ...
The greatest single-month change in test rates occurred between April 2019 and April 2020 in both women (screening mammogram rate declined 98%, tomosynthesis 96%) and men (PSA testing rate declined 83%), reflecting the peak of the COVID-19 surge in Massachusetts.Conclusions: The observed ...
Interval cancers (ICs) are those detected in the interval between planned screening mammograms, i.e., after a negative screening mammogram. Some ICs arise because they are rapidly growing, and were not visible on the prior mammogram but are visible on the mammogram performed at the time of dia...