tci Part B Insider - 2009 Issue 33
PART B CODING COACH: Play the Lesion Excision Waiting Game Unless Carrier Directs You Otherwise
Pathology report can unlock $57 more for 11620 if it justifies using the malignancy code. If recent guidance made you question the MO of waiting for the path report, rest assured you can continue to delay assigning the benign or malignant lesion removal until you have the definitive diagnosis. A new local coverage determination (LCD) related article "indicated that providers are to bill lesion removals based on what is known at the time of excision, regardless of what the pathology report shows," points out Heather Winters, CPC, at United Cerebral Palsy Association of the North Country in Malone...
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