Benign neoplasm of skin of upper limb, including shoulder (216.6)
ICD-9 code 216.6 for Benign neoplasm of skin of upper limb, including shoulder is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range -BENIGN NEOPLASMS (210-229).
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Square cm is indeed the 18cm x 12cm = 216 square cm (can't figure out the superscript on the 2 to properly indicate cm2).
Assuming the debridement included bone, you are missing 1 unit.
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#3 is worded that I would interpret as add all the sizes, and use 1 code. The lesion excisions are not added together. They are coded individually.
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