Hi ENT surgery coders 
Looking for some feedback on this please Indication: congenital malformation of left auricle. Being a " skin tag " is being mentioned, Would you simply code as 11200? First time for me to see this.
Procedure described as excision of left auricle cartilaginous appendage
FINDINGS: Root of the left auricular helix with a protruding cartilaginous appendage extending anteriorly towards the preauricular skin. Small stalk of preauricular cartilage with overlying skin tag
Skin was incised with a #15 blade. Sharp dissection was performed through the subcutaneous tissues to identify the cartilage underlying the preauricular lesion. This was then amputated immediately anterior to the root of the helix. The skin overlying the base of the cartilage protruding from the helical root was elevated off of the underlying cartilage which was then also amputated near its origin. The excised specimen was delivered in formalin
Path showed: MICROSCOPIC DIAGNOSIS:
Skin, left auricle, excision: Benign skin with underlying cartilage
Looking for some feedback on this please Indication: congenital malformation of left auricle. Being a " skin tag " is being mentioned, Would you simply code as 11200? First time for me to see this. Procedure described as excision of left auricle cartilaginous appendage
FINDINGS: Root of the left auricular helix with a protruding cartilaginous appendage extending anteriorly towards the preauricular skin. Small stalk of preauricular cartilage with overlying skin tag
Skin was incised with a #15 blade. Sharp dissection was performed through the subcutaneous tissues to identify the cartilage underlying the preauricular lesion. This was then amputated immediately anterior to the root of the helix. The skin overlying the base of the cartilage protruding from the helical root was elevated off of the underlying cartilage which was then also amputated near its origin. The excised specimen was delivered in formalin
Path showed: MICROSCOPIC DIAGNOSIS:
Skin, left auricle, excision: Benign skin with underlying cartilage
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