tci Part B Insider - 2009 Issue 20

LESION CODING QUIZ: Take This Lesion Coding Quiz to Ensure That Your Skills Jibe With Payer Rules

Determine whether youve got top-notch lesion coding skills -- or whether you need a refresher. Based on how quickly carriers can flip-flop on lesion coding advice (see page 155 for more), its hard to keep a handle on how to report lesion excision procedures properly. Take this short quiz and determine how you would code these services. Then look for the expert answers in next weeks issue of Part B Insider. Doctor Takes Narrow Margins Question 1: Your surgeon performed a benign lesion removal, without taking wide margins -- in other words, the surgeon thinks the lesion is suspicious...

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