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[twcfpc]

Please help!

Documentation as follows:

Hordeolum Externum of rt upper eyelid - H00.011 - Note: using a 18g needle, the lesion was unroofed and white plug extruded with min bleeding.

Should CPT be:
10060?
67700?
67700 - Mod 52?

Provider chose 10060 and doesn't think she did the work worthy of the 67700 RVUs.

Thanks!

 

[JesseL]

I'd go with 67700 mod 52 since she didn't actually drain anything if the provider feels that way. Since it's like a solidified cyst I wonder if you could code it as a foreign body removal (not sure if that's considered foreign body since it originated from the body). Incision and removal of foreign body, subcutaneous tissues; simple (10120)