Medications Used for the Treatment of Breast Cancer

The following sections will assist healthcare professionals and payers by providing appropriate coding information associated with the management of breast cancer.

This information includes:

• Associated ICD-9-CM codes used for the classification of breast cancer
• Drugs that have been FDA-approved in the treatment of breast cancer
• Drugs that are Compendia listed for off-label use for breast cancer based on clinical studies that suggest beneficial use in some cases. Please note: if a check mark appears in the FDA column it will NOT appear in the Compendia off-label use column
• Corresponding HCPCS/CPT® codes and code descriptions
• Possible CPT® admnistration codes for each medication

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