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benign lesions

  1. J

    Wiki Excision Skin Benign Lesion - 11443

    Can someone clarify how to code the excision of two separate benign lesions on the face. Based on the size it was coded with 11443 on 2 separate lines. Is this accurate? For some reason I was thinking you added up the total area of all the areas and used one code based on the size when it is the...
  2. K

    Wiki Palmetto GBA LCD L33445 removal of skin lesions

    Palmetto GBA became our MAC at the beginning of the year. With that comes their LCD L33445 Removal of Benign and Malignant Skin Lesions with (or in this case without) a different set of "covered" or "deemed medically necessary" ICD-10 codes. This has really shook the physicians in terms of...
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    • Forum: Dermatology
  3. R

    Wiki LCD for Benign Skin Lesions

    I am wondering about how to code medical necessity for benign skin lesions for Medicare. LCD L34233 (Noridian) says the following: Medicare will consider the removal of benign skin lesions as medically necessary, and not cosmetic, if one or more of the following conditions is present and...
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