Reader Questions:
Remove Paring Code in This Lesion Destruction Encounter
Published on Tue Feb 09, 2021
Question: Our pediatrician recently removed a wart from a patient’s hand. She began by paring down the wart, then used chemosurgery to finish the removal. In this situation, can we bill for both the paring and the cryotherapy with 11055 and 17110? Or should we bill this another way? Ohio Subscriber Answer: Even though there is no National Correct Coding [...]