related to breast cancer. While the diagnostic Mammogram is done if there is, any diagnosis is present in breast like mass or lump or swelling etc which can lead to breast cancer.So, we are just
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...
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 ...
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...