tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2003 Issue 1

CPT 2003 Brings Big Changes, Important New Codes and Numerous Refinements

Changes in CPT 2003 will allow surgeons to include margins when measuring lesion size, thereby increasing the total area of all excisions reported. Other revisions to CPT for 2003 include several important new codes to identify services previously reported with "unlisted procedure" or imprecise substitute codes, as well as text clarifications that alter previously established coding principles.Lesion Removal: Measure Those Margins Perhaps the most significant changes to CPT 2003 for general surgery coders are guideline revisions for measuring and reporting lesion removal. Previous CPT editions have allowed surgeons to report removals according to the size of the lesion...

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