Pt came in for warty growth cells. Dr did destruction of lesion.
His diag was 238.2 & 702.11 procedure code 17000, but he also is charging a office visit with a modifier. 99213-25 Would you justify this, because I do not see what he would be linking to the office visit. The diag. that he used are both linked to the procedure. If he should not have used the office visit with modifier is there any where's in the ICD-9 coding guidelines that would explain this to him.
His diag was 238.2 & 702.11 procedure code 17000, but he also is charging a office visit with a modifier. 99213-25 Would you justify this, because I do not see what he would be linking to the office visit. The diag. that he used are both linked to the procedure. If he should not have used the office visit with modifier is there any where's in the ICD-9 coding guidelines that would explain this to him.