AMA CPT® Assistant - 2006 Issue 12 (December)
Surgery: Integumentary System (December 2006)
December 2006 page 15-end Surgery: Integumentary System, 14000, 14300 (Q&A) Question When a lesion is excised and an adjacent tissue transfer is performed (codes 14000-14300) on the same site, is the excision of the lesion separately reportable? AMA Comment The excision of the lesion is included in codes 14000-14300; therefore, it is not separately reportable. The guidelines of the adjacent tissue transfer or rearrangement codes state that these codes include the excision (including lesion) and/or repair by adjacent tissue transfer or rearrangement. Surgery: Integumentary System, 14000, 14300 (Q&A). CPT® Assistant. 2006; December 2006 page 15-end ...
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