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Multiple Plantar Wart Destruction
Published on Wed Oct 11, 2023
Question: What is the proper code for destruction of three plantar warts from a patient’s left foot? I was going to use 17000 and +17003. Alabama Subscriber Answer: You should not report 17000 (Destruction (eg, laser surgery, electrosurgery, cryosurgery, chemosurgery, surgical curettement), premalignant lesions (eg, actinic keratoses); first lesion) and +17003 (… second through 14 lesions, each (List separately in [...]