Many medical practices perform skin procedures. A patient may see a dermatologist, a family physician or a surgeon when the time comes to find out, … [Read more...]
Destruction of benign or pre-malignant lesions
Finding the right code for lesion destruction is not easy. The codes are distributed in the CPT® book in the integumentary, digestive, male genital … [Read more...]
Reporting Excision of Multiple Lesions of the Same Size
Question: The doctor I work with excised two benign lesions from a patient’s arm, of the same length. Do I add them together and report one code? … [Read more...]
Reporting post op visits to Medicare in 2017
CMS has mandated post op reporting using code 99024 in 9 states for about 250 codes. This isn’t just for surgeons! Many of the codes on the list are … [Read more...]
Wound Care | CPT® Codes for Debridement
Health care organizations have started wound care clinics to care for patients with non-healing wounds The care of a post-op wound is done by the … [Read more...]
Excision of Soft Tissue, Lipoma Removal
This chart is a quick reference for soft tissue excision. It includes anatomic location and size for subcutaneous and subfacial … [Read more...]
Coding for Excision of Benign or Malignant Lesions
This article reviews codes and guidelines for excision of skin lesions. For additional information about minor procedures, see the additional … [Read more...]