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CPT® 22902, Under Excision Procedures on the Abdomen

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 22902 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Excision Procedures on the Abdomen.

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The provider excises an abnormal mass from within the soft tissue immediately below the surface of the skin of the abdominal wall. He submits the specimen, less than 3 cm in size, to a laboratory for analysis to determine its nature.

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[QUOTE="carfre21, post: 508656, member: 438687"] I need help trying to figure out a CPT code for a procedure that one of my Dr.'s did... He says in the op note.. Ultrasound guided needle localization ... [ Read More ]
Help with a CPT surgery code??
I need help trying to figure out a CPT code for a procedure that one of my Dr.'s did... He says in the op note.. Ultrasound guided needle localization and excision of mass in the right lower quadrant?... [ Read More ]
MPFS for 22902 - Facility or Non-facility?
I'm negotiating a new fee schedule for CPT 22902 with a private insurance. It will be done at the hospital because the physician's clinic is not equipped to perform this procedure. Am I supposed to ... [ Read More ]
hemangioma removal
I believe CPT code 17106, destruction of cutaneous vascular proliferative lesion, would be the right code for this procedure. This is not an excisional procedure so you're correct that 22900/22902 ar... [ Read More ]
hemangioma removal
I need some advice on how to properly capture the removal of a "hemangioma" as the doctor documented it. Below is the HPI and procedure info. It just doesn't seem appropriate to me to bill a code of 2... [ Read More ]
Excision of abdominal wall tumor more than 1
Hello, I was wondering about cpt code 22902 is this the excision of just one abdominal wall tumor if so for hospital coding do you add a modifier to this ? Thanks, Carol... [ Read More ]
excision chronic sinus tract abdomen
The coding for this seems to be all over the place, so I'm throwing it out to the hive mind for some advice. Pt has a post surgical chronic draining sinus of the abdomen. MD opened the sinus, excised ... [ Read More ]
Excision of multiple lipoma's
Patient had 13 subcutaneous masses of the anterior torso. 10 were less than 3 cm and 3 more more than 3 cm. They all came back as lipoma's. Should I code 22903 x 1 unit, 22903-51 x 2 units, 22902 x 1 ... [ Read More ]
Multiple Lipomas
Hi, I have a situation where a physician excised several lipomas, and listed them by lipoma and incision size like so: A 2 cm incision with a 2.5 cm lipoma. The codes are in the either 22902 or 229... [ Read More ]
Hernia and lipoma repair
You can charge for each lipoma separately, but I don't see that your dr dictated a size on them. Maybe he can amend this and add them? I would charge 49560, 49568, 22903, 22903-59 or 22902 and 22902... [ Read More ]
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