tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2010 Issue 11

You Be the Coder: Lesions in different anatomical areas

Question: A patient presents to the ED with a lesion on his forehead and one on his neck; he says the lesions "itch really bad." The patient is bleeding due to his scratching of the wounds. The physician performs an expanded problem focused history and physical exam. The patient has no access to a dermatologist, so the physician decides to excise the lesions herself. The physician performs a 1.6 cm lesion excision on the patient's forehead wound and a 1.8 cm lesion excision on the patient's neck wound. (The tissues are both benign.) The physician...

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