AMA CPT® Assistant - 2003 Issue 11 (November)

Integumentary System, 17304, 17307 (Q&A) (November 2003)

November 2003 page 15c Coding Consultation:Questions and Answers Integumentary System, 17304, 17307 (Q&A) Question A patient is referred to a physician after having four stages of Mohs surgery performed by another physician. The patient was referred for completion of the Mohs treatment. The physician performs one more layer of treatment. For the last stage, is the appropriate code 17307 or is code 17304 more appropriate, as this is the first stage that the second physician is performing? AMA Comment From a CPT coding perspective, the new code 85032, Blood count; manual cell count (erythrocyte, leukocyte, or platelet) each...

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