CPT Knowledgebase - Sep 17, 2018

If a physician applied the aminolevulinic acid (ALA) solution, but a nurse applied the light treatment to treat a dermatologic premalignant lesion, is it appropriate to report code 96573? Or does the physician, nurse practitioner (NP), or physicians assistant (PA) have to perform both components of the therapy in order to report this code?

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