2025年1月30日 · Answer: Excision and destruction are two methods of treating BCC, but excision is the more common procedure. Excision occurs when the surgeon removes tissue to eliminate the cancer and submits the tissue for pathologic diagnosis. Destruction is when the physician doesn’t remove the tissue for analysis and eradicates the cancer cells.

2013年1月14日 · I'm a little confused on how to code this procedure. Any assistance would be most appreciated. I've chosen 11642,15260, & 14040 with dx code 173.31 for the nose and 14041 & 42410 with dx code 173.42 for neck and parotidectomy. Also chose 11100 for excision biopsy of keratosis and am awaiting lab results for dx.

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT ®) code 11603 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Excision-Malignant Lesions Procedures on the Skin. Subscribe to Codify by AAPC and get the code details in a flash.

2019年4月21日 · To select an appropriate code for excision of a benign (11400-11471) or malignant (11600-11646) skin lesion, you must determine the lesion’s diameter at its widest point, and add double the width of the narrowest margin (the …

2013年10月1日 · 11400-59 Excision, benign lesion including margins, except skin tag (unless listed elsewhere), trunk, arms or legs; excised diameter 0.5 cm or less with 216.6. “Re-excision” Calls for Special Consideration. The physician may revisit a previous excision to remove additional material if pathology continues to show malignancy in the margins.

2011年3月25日 · Re-excision of a BCC with positive margins. Within the body of the note the provider only documents the margins which is 4 mm= 0.4 cm. I have some paperwork that states: Re-excision of the same site to obtain wider margins is coded as if teh original lesion is still there.

2024年2月19日 · Answer: You should code the initial procedure using 11642 (Excision, malignant lesion including margins, face, ears, eyelids, nose, lips; excised diameter 1.1 to 2.0 cm) and associate it with C44.311 (Basal cell carcinoma of skin of nose) for the initial diagnosis of BCC. Keep in mind the excision has a 10-day global period.

2012年2月20日 · There isn't a CCI edit when billing both 40530 and 140xx, but the instructions for adjacent tissue transfer codes indicate that the excision of a lesion is not separately reportable. Since there is a malignant lesion in this scenario I would only bill an adjacent tissue transfer code.

2011年7月25日 · Use only one code to report the additional excision and re-excision(s) based on the final widest excised diameter required for complete tumor removal at the same operative session. To report a re-excision procedure performed to widen margins at a subsequent operative session, see codes 11600-11646, as appropriate.

2023年12月12日 · Answer: You should code the initial procedure using 11642 (Excision, malignant lesion including margins, face, ears, eyelids, nose, lips; excised diameter 1.1 to 2.0 cm) and associate it with C44.311 (Basal cell carcinoma of skin of nose) for the initial diagnosis of BCC. Keep in mind, the excision has a 10-day global period.