AMA CPT® Assistant - 2003 Issue 3 (March)

Integumentary System / Surgery (March 2003)

March 2003 page 21a Coding Consultation:Questions and Answers Integumentary System, 17004 (Q&A) Question How do I code pulsed-dye laser surgery performed on a patient with 30 Plantar warts? AMA Comment From a CPT coding perspective, the appropriate code to report is 17004, Destruction (eg, laser surgery, electrosurgery, cryosurgery, chemosurgery, surgical curettement), all benign or premalignant lesions (eg, actinic keratoses) other than skin tags or cutaneous vascular proliferative lesions; 15 or more lesions. Since this code encompasses 15 lesions or more, it would not be necessary to report it more than one time. Integumentary System / Surgery (March 2003)...

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