tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2018 Issue 8

Integumentary System: Bungle Skin Biopsy Coding and Lose Pay

Look for site-specific codes. If you think 11100-+11101 are the only codes that describe skin biopsy procedures, think again. In fact, CPT® provides many codes that describe skin biopsies from specific sites, and other codes that describe skin removal procedures that aren’t quite biopsies. Read on to learn the difference, and make sure you get all the pay you deserve for your surgeon’s integumentary lesion procedures. Follow ‘Otherwise Listed’ Instruction When you look at the following code definitions, you should see the clear hint that these aren’t the only skin biopsy codes to choose from:...

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