Otolaryngology Coding Alert
Reader Questions:
Choose 17110 or 17111 for Laser Hemangioma Excision
Published on Thu Jun 18, 2015
Question: What are the correct procedure and diagnosis codes for hemangioma excision by laser under microscope?
Oregon Subscriber
Answer: For the procedure code, choose either 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) or 17111 (… 15 or more lesions), based on the number of lesions removed.
Select the diagnosis from the ICD-9 code family 228.0x (Hemangioma …), according to the anatomic site. When you begin using ICD-10 in October, the diagnosis will change to D18.0x and will again have several options based on site.
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