Dermatology Coding Alert
Reader Question:
Bill 15877 Only Once for Proper Pay
Published on Tue Jun 08, 2004 
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The code does not specify "each" so you should report the code (15877, Suction assisted lipectomy; trunk) only once even though the dermatologist removed two lipomas from the patient's back.-- Answers to You Be the Coder and Reader Questions were reviewed by Linda Martien, CPC, CPC-H, National Healthcare Review in Woodland Hills, Calif.
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