Date: May 2011
Note: Additional payment for early form of cancer
Definition:
The undergoing of a mastectomy, partial mastectomy, segmentectomy or lumpectomy operation on the advice of a Consultant Oncologist following a histologically confirmed diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of the breast.
Specifically excluded are:
- mastectomy, partial mastectomy, segmentectomy or lumpectomy operations for reasons other than DCIS, for example, prophylactic mastectomy or lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS).