Radcoder86
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My doctor marked that he did an excision for a benign lesion (11402) but in the note it states he removed a cyst with benign appearing sebaceous material and they decided not to send to pathology, he also didn't note the excised diameter on the chart note. So my first question is, can you code an excision as benign if you don't send it to pathology? Second, would using code 10040 be more appropriate?
Thanks!
Thanks!