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Example: 16 skin tags removed. As per cpt guidelines, 11200 is assigned for first 15 lesions. Can we still assign 11201 for the 16th lesion? Please clarify code assignment for 19 lesions, 27 lesions, 32 lesions, 44 lesions.
With the use of electrocauterization, the physician removed 16 skin tags from the patient's neck and shoulders. Which of the following procedures can be identified as destruction of lesions? The patient had a total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingectomy. The coder selected the following codes: 58150 and 58700.
However if they are just bothersome or unsightly and are described as skin tags then you have no choice in the codes you will use. You will need the patient to sign an ABN prior to the destruction so that you can bill the patient. Thank you that is very helpful.
In the physician's office, the patient has seven skin tags removed. Physician excised an area 3.0 cm x 2.0 cm x 1.5 cm from the patients back. The pathology report shows a lipoma in the subcuatenous layer of skin. Physician excised a 2.0 cm squamous cell carcinoma from the forehead. The total excision including margins was 3.5 cm in diameter.
A. The CPT coding is quite different for removal of skin tags. For skin tag removal, you code 11200 for removing the first 15 lesions, and then you add code 11201 for removal of each additional 10 lesions.
For removal of skin tags by any method, use codes 11200 and 11201. For the first 15 skin tags removed, use code 11200. For each additional 10 skin tags removed, also report code 11201.
According to CPT, the skin tag removal codes 11200-11201 are for removal of skin tags “by scissoring or any sharp method, ligature strangulation, electrosurgical destruction or combination of treatment modalities, including chemical destruction or electrocauterization of wound.” The correct way to code what you have ...
Do not use modifier -51 (multiple procedure) with skin tag codes, as the codes are based on the number of lesions removed. Biopsy is bundled into the excision (removal) service so you do not code it separately.
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11400. EXCISION, BENIGN LESION INCLUDING MARGINS, EXCEPT SKIN TAG (UNLESS LISTED ELSEWHERE), TRUNK, ARMS OR LEGS; EXCISED DIAMETER 0.5 CM OR LESS.
11443. EXCISION, OTHER BENIGN LESION INCLUDING MARGINS, EXCEPT SKIN TAG (UNLESS LISTED ELSEWHERE), FACE, EARS, EYELIDS, NOSE, LIPS, MUCOUS MEMBRANE; EXCISED DIAMETER 2.1 TO 3.0 CM.
12051-Intermediate repair, face, ears, eyelids, nose, lips, mucous membranes, 2.5cm or less.
CPT® Code 11401 in section: Excision, benign lesion including margins, except skin tag (unless listed elsewhere), trunk, arms or legs.
CPT® 11200, Under Removal of Skin Tags Procedures The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 11200 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Removal of Skin Tags Procedures.
CPT code 17000 should be reported with one unit of service for destruction of the first lesion; CPT code 17003 should be reported with the units equal to the number of additional lesions from 2 through 14; 17004 should be reported with one unit of service, representing 15 or more lesions and should not be used with ...
CPT code 17110 should be reported with one unit of service for removal of benign lesions other than skin tags or cutaneous vascular lesions, up to 14 lesions.