CPT^® 40652, Under Repair Procedures on the Lips

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 40652 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Repair Procedures on the Lips.

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The provider closes a full–thickness tear of up to half the vertical height of the lip using sutures. The provider commonly performs this procedure for wounds of the lips that occur because of trauma or that a provider creates surgically.

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Laceration Repairs

Were the lacerations of the lip through the full thickness of the lips? If so, look to code 40652 or 40654. There is a November 2016 CPT Assistant article that provides some information on coding for ... [ Read More ]

Through and through lip laceration

I am having difficulty coding this lip repair. Can I get some help with the following : There are through and through upper (1cm x2) and lower lip (3cm) lacerations crossing the vermilion border. R... [ Read More ]

Commissuroplasty and repair of congenital hemifacial microstomia

The patient had commissuroplasty and tissue rearrangement for repair of congenital hemifacial microstomia. I am considering the unlisted code 40799 for the procedure. However, I am undecided whether r... [ Read More ]

full thickness lip repair

Full thickness involves both the epidermis and dermis. If the provider states it was a repair involving the muscle that seems to coincide with a full thickness repair. If the repair was done both ex... [ Read More ]

full thickness lip repair

[b]Lay description may help[/b] Here is the lay description of 40652 and 40654 from Encoder Pro ... may help [COLOR="Blue"][B]The physician repairs a laceration extending through the full thickness ... [ Read More ]

Michelle Dunn Posts (00096920)

[b]full thickness lip repair[/b] can someone clarify for me when you would code a full thickness lip repair 40652 or 40654 rather than a complex laceration repair. The doctor billed 13152. His operat... [ Read More ]

complex laceration of lip through vermillon border

The correct code would be 40652 for the 2cm. You don't know how long the facial laceration is and can't code that separately. Double check your CCI edits and I would be willing to venture that any f... [ Read More ]

lip ptosis excision

[b]40654[/b] Did you look at 40654 - Repair, lip, fll thickness; over one-half vertical height, or complex ... The lay description reads: [COLOR="Blue"]The physician repairs a laceration extending t... [ Read More ]

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