CPT^® 23075, Under Excision Procedures on the Shoulder

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 23075 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Excision Procedures on the Shoulder.

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Summary

The provider excises an abnormal mass, or tumor, from within the subcutaneous tissue of the shoulder. He submits the specimen, less than 3 cm in size, including margins, to a laboratory for analysis and diagnosis.

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Excision mass in office vs OR

Agreed, the code should be based only on the documentation of what was performed. I'd add that it's also not the diagnosis that would determine the CPT code. There's an article in the September 201... [ Read More ]

Excision mass in office vs OR

I have been thought previously, (example) when an excision of RT shoulder mass comes back from pathology as lipoma to bill 23075, and if it's cyst or lesion to bill 11402. Now when I change the code f... [ Read More ]

cpt for excision of axillary mass

Hi there fellow coders. I'm trying to code out a referral that asks for,"Excision right axillary mass" I was thinking that i would need to go to code 23075 or there abouts. Depending on the size, a... [ Read More ]

clavicular mass ?

Trent, Sorry I had a flash of thought .You are right as for as we take it as integumentary, benign tumor in some of the regional integumentary system. But the clavicle belongs to the shoulder region... [ Read More ]

Coding Mass Rt shoulder

Its important to read the op note to see how deep the surgeon went before applying the benign lesion/mass codes. If the incision is superficial then you would use codes from the integ section. If ... [ Read More ]

excision of axillary mass

depending on the approach, you may also want to look at 23075... [ Read More ]

AXILLARY MASS, excision

Depending on the part of the Axilla the code could be 19120, 24075 (upper arm), 23075(shoulder) or 21930(flank). It just depends on what the operative report says. That's one of the areas they need to... [ Read More ]

AXILLARY MASS, excision

[b]response to axillary mass, excision[/b] considering the info I have, I'm leaning more towards 23076 ( and use -lt or -rt) [QUOTE="sdiett, post: 15244, member: 2279"]Hello My office and our audit... [ Read More ]

AXILLARY MASS, excision

Hello My office and our audit company had a discussion in reference to removing a (path report not avail at time of coding) lipoma. Operative report procedure was: [B]Excision Axillary Mass:[/B] A... [ Read More ]

Coding soft tissue mass

According to the CPC-H Exam Study Guide, those are coded as excisions by site; what this means is that a patient has a lipoma excised from his/her shoulder, the code would be 23075-6--depending on the... [ Read More ]

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