Ob-Gyn Coding Alert

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Your Lesion Code Depends on Diameter

Question: Our physician performedan excision of 4 benign lesions and wants to bill 11420, but I’m not sure if I should bill this code with four units or what. The pathology shows the lesions size as follows: 0.2 x 0.2 x 0.1 cm 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm 0.7 x 0.6 x 0.3 cm 0.5 x 0.2 x 0.2 cm [...]
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