CPT^® 17314, Under Mohs Micrographic Surgery Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 17314 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Mohs Micrographic Surgery Procedures.

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Mohs surgery is a multi–staged method of excising a malignant lesion layer by layer, along with histo–pathological assessment, to ensure negative malignancy of the margins.

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Codding Mohs for first time

Think of it as a layer cake. Each stage is a layer. Each layer code includes up to 5 slices (sections/blocks). You have 2 layers and each layer includes up to 5 slices. You bill for the base layer cod... [ Read More ]

Codding Mohs for first time

From what you shared, it looks like two stages were performed. This would be 17313 & 17314 with one unit each.... [ Read More ]

MOHS with 9 stages

That seems excessive. Are you sure blocks and stages are not getting mixed up,. Medicare has an MUE of 4 on 17314. If they truly had to enlarge the area 8 times, I assume you will need to appeal with ... [ Read More ]

MOHS with 9 stages

how to bill MOHS on trunk with 9 stages? I did 17313 and 17314 x 8 units (to show 8 additional stages done) MC denied 17314 in full. reason: Payment adjusted because the payer deems the information su... [ Read More ]

mohs surgery

Can somebody tell me which will be the correct way to bill Medicare 6 stages of mohs 17313 17314 x5 or 17313 17314 17314 17314 17314 17314 ????:confused: please help. I have a rejections for " the ... [ Read More ]

Mohs - plastics dermatologist

[b]no post op mods[/b] Right off the top of my head, my answer is that you wouldnt use any modifiers- especially any that are post op mods. If all you have billed for your Mohs claim is the 17311/173... [ Read More ]

ASC Payment Indicators

I am new to Dermatology billing and have a question regarding codes attached to Mohs procedures (17311-17314) and Destruction procedures (17260-17286). What do the "P2" and "P3" ASC Payment Indicators... [ Read More ]

Mohs Surgery - fellow Coders

[QUOTE="LACEY13, post: 202108, member: 89259"]Im pretty sure that you have to bill the 17314 in units and the 17313 needs a 76 modifier to let the insurance company know that it is same procedure diff... [ Read More ]

Mohs Surgery - fellow Coders

Im pretty sure that you have to bill the 17314 in units and the 17313 needs a 76 modifier to let the insurance company know that it is same procedure different site.... [ Read More ]

Mohs Surgery - fellow Coders

Good afternoon fellow Coders I have a question about MOHS surgery procedure listed below Medicare is denying lines 5 and 6 as duplicate to lines 3 and 4 the report was sent and still denied I figure... [ Read More ]

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