CPT^® 11313, Under Shaving of Epidermal or Dermal Lesions Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 11313 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Shaving of Epidermal or Dermal Lesions Procedures.

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The provider shaves off a single epidermal or dermal lesion of 2.0 cm or greater in diameter from the face, ears, eyelids, nose, lips, or mucous membranes.

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Shave Excision greater than 3cm

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excision of benign lesion eyelid 11443 or 67840

Under the section where you find 67840 in the CPT book, it says when the removal of a lesion includes more than skin (ie, involving lid margin, tarsus, and/or palpebral conjunctiva), see 11310-11313, ... [ Read More ]

Insurance denying pathology for shave removals (113XX)

Hi all, I recently received an upheld denial from Health Partners insurance (Minnesota) indicating that we cannot bill pathology with shave removals. Per insurance claim coding committee, 2019 CPT C... [ Read More ]

Dermotology

Hello, I guess what am trying to ask is when documentation say shave of lesion to remove and confirm DX and if the DX comes back cancer. Do you still use the shave removal codes 11300-11313 with BX 11... [ Read More ]

Shave biopsy help PLEASE!

[QUOTE="TLC, post: 449496, member: 10795"]A patient came in and had three seperate lesions removed by shaving full thickness. All on the back two the same size and one larger. The provider coded as 11... [ Read More ]

AK dx vs CA for skin excision codes

When we have a patient with a lesion that looks like a skin cancer and we excise it for instance- 17280 to 17286 code range, but when the histopathology comes back it was an actinic keratosis, which i... [ Read More ]

Measuring and coding malignant and benign lesion

[b]Lesions[/b] Log In / Join Home » Knowledge Center » CMS » Skin Lesion Excisions Knowledge Center Hot Topics Revenue Management Quality Payment Program Telehealth Facility Health Information... [ Read More ]

Shave removals sent for pathology

Did you ever get your answer to your question? I'm stuck in the position questioning the exact same thing. I'm thinking you can bill 11300-11313 for a biopsy. Please let me know if that is the answer ... [ Read More ]

Snip removal and closure

The shave removal codes 11300-11313 are bundled with the simple repair codes according to the Correct Coding Initiative edits. The cannot be billed together unless for separate and unrelated lesions... [ Read More ]

Shave removal with destruction of benign lesions

[QUOTE="ellzeycoding, post: 411319, member: 437910"]If you did a shave removal and destroyed the base, and the lesion was benign, you bill using 11300-11313 If you did a shave removal and destroyed t... [ Read More ]

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