CPT^® 69100, Under Excision Procedures on the External Ear

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 69100 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Excision Procedures on the External Ear.

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The provider performs surgical removal of a part of the abnormal tissue from the external ear, i.e., the earlobe or helix, for lab analysis to determine whether the lesion is malignant or benign.

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Biopsy of a raised skin colored lesion off of ear cpt code

Hello, I would use 69100. Some of the lay terms for this code are: Depending on the depth of the lesion, he may use a special type of needle to extract a portion of the lesion, a biopsy punch and s... [ Read More ]

Right ear canal polyp/lesion

Hello, I'm looking for the CPT for the following operation: Excision of right ear canal lesion with operating microscope. A beaver blade was used to excise around the base of lesion down to the cana... [ Read More ]

69100

Medicare denied CPT 69100 x4 (I know that the limit is 3) The provider did 2 punch biopsies on the left ear and two on the right. What is the best way to bill Medicare?... [ Read More ]

New BX codes for 2019 vs. correct CCI

[QUOTE="ny2scgirl, post: 447839, member: 458356"]We are having a hard time getting additional biopsies paid in conjunction with specialty biopsy. For example: 69100 11102 11103 All codes will be p... [ Read More ]

2019 Biopsy codes. 69100, 11102 and 11103

[b]Biopsy 3 kinds on one location of ear?[/b] Hello I believe the CPT 69100 would be best bet. You cannot bill 3 CPT codes all with description of biopsy in same body area. Try to match your doc's d... [ Read More ]

2019 Biopsy codes. 69100, 11102 and 11103 dermatology

Hello, I am trying to bill a left ear biopsy (69100) along with two shave biopsies (11102+11103). I am getting an edit requesting for a modifier to be put on the add-on code of 11103, because it is... [ Read More ]

New BX codes for 2019 vs. correct CCI

[b]Specialty Biopsies and addtitional biopsies[/b] We are having a hard time getting additional biopsies paid in conjunction with specialty biopsy. For example: 69100 11102 11103 All codes will b... [ Read More ]

Dermatology E/M Level concern

I started an audit and I have provider who keeps billing a 99214 w/69100, but per documentation I'm leaning more to a 99213, can someone verify with me please?? Having concerns in the Physical exam wh... [ Read More ]

Punch Biopsy - If the provider does

[LEFT]You would need to look at the provider's intent. If it was to remove the entire lesion using the punch, then it would be considered excision. If the intent was to biopsy, take a sample or piec... [ Read More ]

accessory tragus excision

I am struggling with this excision scenario also. I coded 11440 and 11440-59 (Excision, other benign lesion including margins, except skin tag (unless listed elsewhere), face, ears, eyelids, nose, l... [ Read More ]

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