Wiki Excision of Malignant Lesion

[tholcomb]

Hello Fellow Coders,

Patient came in for excision to the Left superior chest, Left lower back, and Right posterior waist code 11604 x3, intermediate repair done to all 3 sites cpt 12032 since the repair is the same anatomical site (trunk) can cpt code 12032 be billed in units also the final incision was 3.0 cm in length all 3 sites I'm confused by the documentation.

Thank you,
TH

 

[mitchellde]

when you have repairs all in the same area such as trunk, you add the lengths together and bill one repair code with one unit, even though you will have 3 excision codes.

 

[tholcomb]

Thank you Debra for you help.

 

[karansinghchauhan]

I also agree to Debra