AMA CPT® Assistant - 2003 Issue 8 (August)

Medicine, 96567 (Q&A) (August 2003)

August 2003 page 15a Coding Consultation:Questions and Answers Medicine, 96567 (Q&A) Question Can you provide a description of photodynamic therapy included in code 96567, Photodynamic therapy by external application of light to destroy premalignant and/or malignant lesions of the skin and adjacent mucosa (eg, lip) by activation of photosensitive drug(s), each phototherapy exposure session, and advise if it is appropriate to report this code for each lesion treated? AMA Comment Code 96567 describes the nonsurgical treatment of non-hyperkeratotic actinic keratosis lesions of the face or scalp by a topical aminolevulinic acid. The photosensitizing agent is activated using the...

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