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Wiki Breast abscess

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Hello! I am new to general surgery coding and I have a question about billing 19020 vs 10060. Pt had prior abscess however another abscess (subcutaneous) formed and the provider performed an I&D. I would select 19020 as it is site specific-however others are saying 10060 since subq. Reading the lay description it does not state what qualifies as deep for cpt code 19020. Does anyone have any additional information (CPT assistant, gen sx specialty association info) I could try to read? Thank you all in advance!
 
10060/10061 is for skin and subQ to code 19020 would need to be deeper than subQ. 10061 is when there are multiples
 
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