CPT^® 40525, Under Excision Procedures on the Lips

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 40525 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Excision Procedures on the Lips.

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The provider removes the affected lip area of the patient including the full thickness of the lip. He then closes the incision with local skin flaps. The provider commonly uses this technique to repair a wound or lesion on the lip.

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Karapandzic flaps

Does anyone have any ideas on how to code Karapandzic flaps? it was suggested that 40525 would be good, then a myocutaneous flap. Local 1% lidocaine, 1:100,000 epinephrine was injected into the left... [ Read More ]

help with transver and v-excision lip resection

I agree with you that this was probably 40525, but the doctor is not very specific in his documentation as to how deep he made his incisions. I would query the surgeon and tell him in the future that ... [ Read More ]

please help with transverse wedge and v-excison lip cancer

hi all, Doctor wants to bill 40510 and 40520...I am leaning to 40525- can anyone give some insight here . TIA [IMG alt="4668"]https://www.aapc.com/discuss/attachments/1594406236298-png.4668/[/IMG] ... [ Read More ]

help with transver and v-excision lip resection

hi all, Doctor wants to bill 40510 and 40520...I am leaning to 40525- can anyone give some insight here . TIA [ATTACH type="full" alt="4668"]4668[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="4667"]4667[/ATTA... [ Read More ]

Just 40525?? tia

PRE-OPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Lip Cancer POST-OPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: same PROCEDURE: 1. Resection of a Lip Cancer with Local (40525) 2. Advancement flap for reconstruction of a lip defect (14061... [ Read More ]

Lower lipesion

The lay descrtiption for 40525 reads: The physician removes a full thickness portion of the lip with local flap reconstruction. A "V" incision may be made around the lesion and through the full thickn... [ Read More ]

Lower lipesion

Op note read as follows The patient was taken to the OR and after adequate general anesthesia, the patient was prepped and draped in the usual sterile manner. I marked the area and marked the vermilio... [ Read More ]

Mucosal Flap

Some of the lip excision codes have built in a flap or mucosal advancement as part of the closure. See 40500 & 40525... [ Read More ]

bilateral advancement flap repair

[b]40525?[/b] Not sure but wondering if the op note supports 40525 or 40527. And I think the incisions/flaps were bilateral to the deficit, but constitute one repair. If you are using the integument... [ Read More ]

lip repair after basal cell carcinoma excision

[b]40525[/b] I'm not certain (our Pediatric Plastic Surgeons deal mostly with cleft lip repairs) ... But did you look at CPT 40525? Per Encoder Pro, the lay description reads: [COLOR="Blue"]The ph... [ Read More ]

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