AMA CPT® Assistant - 2017 Issue 11 (November)
Surgery: Digestive System Q&A (November 2017)
November 2017 page 10b Surgery: Digestive System Question: How should the reporting of these CPT codes 41010, 41115, and 41520 be distinguished? Answer: A simple incision, cut, or lysis of the lingual frenum (eg, a "snip") should be reported with code 41010, Incision of lingual frenum (frenotomy). Excising the frenum (which is often thickened and foreshortened) with or without simple repair or closure should be reported with code 41115, Excision of lingual frenum (frenectomy). Excising the frenum with the equivalent of an intermediate or complex closure (eg, with a small flap or a z-plasty that requires tissue rearrangement and...
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