Dermatology Coding Alert
Reader Question:
Report Multiple Skin Tags Based on Number of Lesions
Published on Tue Jun 08, 2004
Question:
New Jersey Subscriber
Answer:
You should report 11200 (Removal of skin tags, multiple fibrocutaneous tags, any area; up to and including 15 lesions) for the first 15 tags and then code w units of 11201 (... each additional ten lesions [list separately in addition to code for primary procedure]) for the next 20 skin tags.Explanation: The first code (11200) refers to the first 15 lesions. The next code (11201) refers to the next 10 skin tags which sums to 25 lesions. Finally, to cover the last five lesions for a total sum of 30 lesions, you should report 11201 a second time because even though there aren't 35 lesions, reporting 11201 a second time includes the last five.
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