AMA CPT® Assistant - 2019 Issue 1 (January)

Surgery: Integumentary System (Q&A) (January 2019)

January 2019 page 14 Surgery: Integumentary System Question: Labiaplasty is performed on a patient with labial enlargement and an elongated labia minora by removing a portion of the labia bilaterally. The defect is closed in a layered closure. How is this reported? Answer: Report CPT code 56620, Vulvectomy, simple; partial, for the procedure. The description of this procedure is as follows: The physician removes part of the vulva. A simple partial vulvectomy may include removal of part or all of the labia majora and the labia minora on one side and the clitoris. The underlying subcutaneous fatty tissue is...

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