Question:
California Subscriber
Answer:
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) includes debridement of the lesion as well as chemocauterization of the lesion .You would report 17110 for up to 14 lesions. If treating 15 or more lesions, you would report 17111 (...15 or more lesions).