Wiki SCCIS chemical peel

[jperkins]

If SCCIS is destroyed by chemical peel which does not give measurements only a percentage of area covered (in this case 35% of face) - is the appropriate cpt code one 15788 or 15789 or do you use a destruction cpt code and query the physician for measurements?

 

[CodingKing]

You would go with destruction. The chemical peel codes are meant for cosmetic procedures not removal of malignant lesions.