CPT Knowledgebase - Jul 27, 2006

A patient had a malignant 1.5-cm lesion excised from his leg at a previous operative session, and during the postoperative period, it was discovered that the malignancy had recurred and the margins were re-excised. The re-excision extended 1.0 cm. Do I add the two excisions and report with one code?

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