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AMA CPT® Assistant - 2007 Issue 2 (February)
Surgery: Integumentary System (February 2007)
February 2007 page 10b
Coding Communication:Surgery: Integumentary System
Question
In the past, if actinic keratoses (AKs)
and seborrheic keratoses (SKs) were treated at
the same time, the same CPT codes would be
totaled and reported. What happens now if you
treat AKs and medically appropriate SKs during
the same visit?
AMA Comment
AKs is reported with the appropriate
code from the 17000-17004 series and the
SKs is reported using the 17110- 17111 series.
When multiple procedures or services are performed
at the same session by the same provider,
the primary procedure (generally, the most
resource intensive) would be reported...
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