CPT^® 11105, Under Biopsy Procedures on the Skin

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 11105 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Biopsy Procedures on the Skin.

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The provider biopsies an additional or separate skin lesion after the first using a punch technique with a sharp hollow instrument; punch biopsies are commonly performed for deeper circular skin lesions. Report this code for each separate or additional lesion in addition to 11104 for the primary procedure.

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Is modifier 59 valid or invalid

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11102

[QUOTE="CodingKing, post: 454921, member: 323638"] Under the new biopsy codes eff 1/1/19 (11102-11107) you need to bill the most intensive code and then each additional lesion biopsied is reported und... [ Read More ]

11102

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Hello! If your provider performs one tangential biopsy via shave technique and one punch biopsy, you would code the skin biopsy with the highest RVU first. You would not code multiple primary skin bio... [ Read More ]

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