Breast Surgery

Breast surgery is a form of surgery performed on the breast.

Types include:

  • Breast reduction surgery
  • Augmentation mammoplasty
  • Mastectomy
  • Lumpectomy
  • Breast-conserving surgery, a less radical cancer surgery than mastectomy
  • Mastopexy, or breast lift surgery
Operations/surgeries and other procedures of the breast (ICD-9-CM V3 85, ICD-10-PCS 0H)
Breast surgery
  • Breast-conserving surgery
    • Lumpectomy
  • Mastectomy
    • Radical mastectomy
  • Mammoplasty
    • Breast implant
    • Breast reduction
  • Mastopexy
  • Breast reconstruction
  • Breast biopsy
    • Fine-needle aspiration
Medical imaging
  • X-ray
    • Mammography
    • Xeromammography
  • MRI
    • Breast MRI
  • Ultrasound
    • Breast ultrasound
  • Scintimammography
  • Thermography
    • Breast thermography
  • Positron emission mammography
Other
  • Breast self-examination

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