CPT^® 30118, Under Excision Procedures on the Nose

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 30118 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Excision Procedures on the Nose.

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Summary

In this procedure, the provider excises or destroys a lesion present within the nose through an external approach, in which he creates a full thickness incision in the nose to destroy the intranasal lesion.

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I have some confusion with the following operative report. The surgeon is designating 30118. I'm not sure that covers everything done especially the graft. My Ingenix companion says that no post op... [ Read More ]

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I have attached an op report below. This one has me totally stumped. I called the phy. office and they have billed it as 30118 but I just don't think that is correct. Any advise at all would be helpfu... [ Read More ]

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