Oncology & Hematology Coding Alert

Keep a count of lesions and not injections for codes11900 and 11901.

Corticosteroid injections can throw challenges at you. However, it isn’t difficult to make way to the right codes if you understand the basics. Try answering the following three questions that will help you assess your understanding for coding of intralesional steroid injections.

Question 1: Which of the following codes do you report for intralesional steroid injections?

a) 11900

b) 11951

c) 19357

d) 11980

Question 2: Which of the following drug codes applies for 1 mg of dexamethasone (Decadron)?

a) J3301

b) J1100

c) J3302 

d) J0702 

Question 3: How many units of code 11900 do you report when you read that your physician injected the steroid five times each in two lesions?

a) 10 units

b) 5 unit

c) 2 units

d) 1 unit