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Wiki Excision of lesion versus adjacent tissue transfer

jramkisson

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Hello,

I've spent hours trying to decipher the coding rules of malignant excisions with adjacent tissue transfer.

In a nutshell, physician performed a radical resection of multiple sites or recurrent metastatic malignant melanoma of the scalp with advancement flap closure; split-thickness skin grafting; radical resection of recurrent tumor mass left posterior auricular region

Physician coded:21016, 14021, 15100,21558

What I do know is that excision of lesions are not separately reportable with adjacent tissue transfer..

What I do not know is if this applies to this case
 
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