tci Outpatient Facility Coding Alert - 2014 Issue 8

Reader Question: Be Informed on the Codes for Laser Conization and Ablation

Question: Our physician documented the following report: “I brought in the colposcope and articulated with CO2 laser. There was initial laser border burned around the transformation zone. I maintained at 5 mm. Then I used the laser down to the cone of the cervix until I removed the specimen. I performed a cone biopsy at the cervix and tagged it with suture for marking. Then I brought the laser to the vulva. I noted small areas of condyloma to the left and right of the vaginal opening. Then I placed the laser back on the vulvar condyloma and...

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