AMA CPT® Assistant - 2004 Issue 12 (December)

Eye and Ocular Adnexa/Surgery (December 2004)

December 2004 page 19d Coding Consultation:Questions and Answers Eye and Ocular Adnexa, 67810 (Q&A) Question Would it be appropriate to report an integumentary system code for a biopsy involving the lid margin, tarsal plate, or palpebral conjuctiva? AMA Comment From a CPT coding perspective, biopsies of the skin and subcutaneous tissues only are coded in the integumentary system and biopsies involving the lid margin, tarsal plate, or palpebral conjuctiva should be reported with code 67810, Biopsy of eyelid. Therefore, it would not be appropriate to report an integumentary system code for this procedure. Eye and Ocular Adnexa/Surgery (December...

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