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Identify Type of Lesion Removed For Accurate Code Choice
Published on Tue Jul 09, 2019
Question: The podiatrist removed 15 warts on the patient’s foot via cryosurgery. Which CPT® code should I report — 17004 or 17111? What is the difference between these two codes? Florida Subscriber Answer: You should report 17111 (Destruction (eg, laser surgery, electrosurgery, cryosurgery, chemosurgery, surgical curettement), of benign lesions other than skin tags or cutaneous vascular proliferative lesions; 15 or [...]