Urology Coding Alert

Question: How should I code for multiple scrotal cysts of various sizes?

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Answer: If the question is what diagnosis code should be used, the answer is 706.2 (sebaceous cyst). If the question is how to code the excision of cysts, the CPT code range 11420-11426 (excision, benign lesion, except skin tag [unless listed elsewhere], scalp, neck, hands, feet, genitalia) should be used. Dont forget to code separately for each cyst excised.


Answers to Reader Questions and You Be the Coder were provided by Michael Ferragamo, MD, FACS, clinical assistant professor of urology at State University of New York, Health Science Center in Stony Brook, N.Y., and consultant for PRS, a coding consulting firm in Denver; Sandy Page, CPC, CCS-P, co-owner of Medical Practice Support Services, a coding, compliance and reimbursement consulting firm in Denver; and Cynthia Jackson, RRA, CPC, coding specialist at Emory Clinic Urology Group in Atlanta.