AMA CPT® Assistant - 2021 Issue 8 (August)
Reporting Excision or Destruction of Cutaneous Lesions and Histopathologic Examination (August 2021)
August 2021 pages 3-7 Reporting Excision or Destruction of Cutaneous Lesions and Histopathologic Examination Physicians or other qualified health care professionals (QHPs) use different methods and techniques to remove or destroy suspicious cutaneous (skin) lesions. The technique (eg, treatment by excision or destruction) used to treat or remove lesion(s) depends on the lesion morphology and clinical impression. Questions have been raised regarding the appropriate coding for excision (11400-11646) or destruction (17000-17286) of cutaneous lesions followed by histopathologic examination of tissue specimens (88304, 88305). Specifically, there has been confusion about whether the histopathologic examination is a separately reportable service. This...
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