CPT^® 40527, Under Excision Procedures on the Lips

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 40527 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Excision Procedures on the Lips.

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Summary

The provider excises a patient’s lip and removes the affected full thickness lip area. He closes the incision with a skin flap from the other lip. The provider commonly performs this procedure to repair large defects of the lips.

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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 CPT 40527 and 40530???

I have a plastic surgeon that coded both 40530 & 40527. CPT 40530 was denied as bundled, but not bundled in NCCI. Can both codes be billed if 40530 was on upper lip and 40527 on lower lip? would Modif... [ Read More ]

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