sherring1
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I know the use of candida antigen has been discussed in this forum before, but I need opinions please on this situation. Doc is injecting candida antigen for treatment of viral warts. Obvious coding for me is 11900/11901 + J3490 for the candida antigen if nothing else is done to the lesion on that day. However, doc believes that 17110 is more appropriate because description says "any method" and "chemical treatment". I believe that 17110 would be appropriate perhaps if the lesion was treated with a chemical topically or by one of the other means mentioned in CPT, but the intralesional injection is the more specific code in this case. And what about use of 96405/96406 for chemo admin? Would injection of candida antigen be considered "chemotherapy administration"?
Opinions Please, to justify either coding method.
Thanks a bunch!
Opinions Please, to justify either coding method.
Thanks a bunch!