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Locate the Answer to This Benign Lesion Destruction Question

Published on Tue Aug 18, 2020

Question: Our provider recently performed cryotherapy on a female patient to remove molluscum contagiosum from the patient’s perineum. The closest code I can find is 56501, but that specifically references the vulva as the anatomical location. Should I use it, or should I use a general benign lesion destruction code instead? Codify Subscriber Answer: Even though the CPT® female genital [...]
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