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CPT® 21015, Under Excision Procedures on the Head

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 21015 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Excision Procedures on the Head.

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The provider excises a small tumor, or abnormal mass, from the face or scalp, in a radical, or extensive resection procedure to ensure the tumor has not spread to the surrounding area. He performs a radical resection when the tumor is known or suspected to be malignant, or cancerous.

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Advice for excision of deep forehead mass
[QUOTE="b.cobuzzi, post: 468333, member: 12103"] I would not use the skin excision codes. It sounds like the excision was much deeper and this is much more than a skin excision. I would wait for the p... [ Read More ]
Excision deep forehead mass
[QUOTE="b.cobuzzi, post: 468332, member: 12103"] I would not use the skin excision codes. It sounds like the excision was much deeper and this is much more than a skin excision. I would wait for the p... [ Read More ]
Advice for excision of deep forehead mass
I would not use the skin excision codes. It sounds like the excision was much deeper and this is much more than a skin excision. I would wait for the pathology for both the diagnosis and to see if the... [ Read More ]
Excision deep forehead mass
I would not use the skin excision codes. It sounds like the excision was much deeper and this is much more than a skin excision. I would wait for the pathology for both the diagnosis and to see if the... [ Read More ]
Neurosurgery
If dr is taking a "mass" assuming malignant and not a node see 21015 depending on size. If dr is removing lymph nodes see 38500. If dr feels more than superficial use mod -22. Good Luck!... [ Read More ]
21015?
Post Op: Necrotic/eroding tumor of the skull Description: An elliptical incision was made around the nodule with th scalpel. This was carried down to the sub-q tissue. Then I did inner cystic type les... [ Read More ]
Cpt 21015
Does someone have an accurate description of CPT Code 21015,, such as how deep, etc :confused:... [ Read More ]
Lipoma Coding
[b]Part B Insider, Vol.8 (Coding Institute)[/b] Just an example and hope it helps and agree w/ Jarts ;) Although musculoskeletal codes offer increased pay for more complicated, deeper excisions, so... [ Read More ]
Radical Resection
I need some help finding a code for this procedure. Procedure: Resection of soft tissue mass from right forehead-deep and complex Description of Procedure: With a #15 scalpel blade an incision was ... [ Read More ]
Help with Coding-Mass Head
21015 is for malignancy, not a lipoma... [ Read More ]
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