AMA CPT® Assistant - 2021 Issue 6 (June)

Coding Brief: Reporting Shaving of Epidermal or Dermal Lesions and Histopathologic Examination (June 2021)

June 2021 pages 6-7 Coding Brief: Reporting Shaving of Epidermal or Dermal Lesions and Histopathologic Examination Concerns have been raised regarding appropriate coding for shaving of epidermal or dermal lesions (11300-11313), followed by histopathologic examination of tissue specimens (88304, 88305). Specifically, there has been confusion about whether histopathologic examination is a separately reportable service. This coding brief clarifies the correct intent and reporting of these shaving procedures and histopathologic examination, and more importantly, that shaved tissue submitted for histopathologic examination is not additionally reportable as a biopsy (ie, the shaved tissue is the specimen). The guidelines in the Biopsy...

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