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    Wiki Repair of Excision on Cutaneous Lip

    I have an old note on which I had written that when a complex repair is on the cutaneous (rather than vermillion) lip, it must be coded as repair of face (1313x) rather than repair of lip (1315x), because the "lip" for coding purposes only includes the vermillion. However, when I looked at the...
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    Wiki Need help with Dx's Code

    Hi, What would be the proper diagnosis code for lesions of the left nose and lower lip? I thought about using 709.9 but am not sure. Thanks. aferris86
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