AMA CPT® Assistant - 2012 Issue 5 (May)

Reporting of Cutaneous Excision Pending Pathology (May 2012)

May 2012 page 13 Reporting of Cutaneous Excision Pending Pathology The May 1996 (p 11) and August 2000 (p 5) editions of CPT Assistant provided instructions related to the coding for excision of a cutaneous lesion pending pathology (ie, a lesion of unspecified behavior). Both editions instructed that when the morphology of a lesion is ambiguous, choosing the correct CPT procedure code relates to the manner in which the lesion was approached rather than the final pathologic diagnosis, since the CPT code should reflect the knowledge, skill, time, and effort that the physician invested in the excision of the...

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