tci Outpatient Facility Coding Alert - 2014 Issue 3

Reader Question: Start with 17110 for Wart Removal Without Cryo

Question:  The dermatologist documented, “Dermatology treatment rendered in the form of debridement with #11 blade” for a patient presenting with a plantar wart. He did not use cryotherapy. Is there a CPT® code to describe the procedure? Georgia Subscriber Answer:  The procedure appears to fall under code 17110 (Destruction [e.g., laser surgery, electrosurgery, cryosurgery, chemosurgery, surgical curettement], of benign lesions other than skin tags or cutaneous vascular proliferative lesions; up to 14 lesions). Notice that the descriptor includes surgical curettement, which is what your physician probably completed during debridement.  Pay attention: Code 17110 includes...

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