Podiatry Coding & Billing Alert

Question: What are the different treatments for verrucae? Answer: Your choices range from a variety of treatments. If the patient is on a home treatment regimen, then E/M services may be payable to monitor the treatment course. Applying a home treatment medication in the office is not payable separately from the E/M service.Destruction of common or plantar warts (a.k.a. varrucae) using office-based medications (such as monochloracetic acid, canthrone, etc.), a CO2 laser and cryosurgery warrant either the 17110 or 17111code. Such treatments are based upon the specific number of lesions you treat, as follows:Use 17110 (Destruction [e.g., laser surgery, electrosurgery, cryosurgery, chemosurgery, surgical curettement], of benign lesions other than skin tags or cutaneous vascular lesions; up to 14 lesions) for one to 14 lesions.Submit 17111 (...15 or more lesions).Update: You should no longer use CPT codes 17000 and 17003 for destruction of warts or molluscum contagiosum, as these codes now exclude [...]