Hi,
What would be the proper diagnosis code for lesions of the left nose and lower lip?
I thought about using 709.9 but am not sure.
Thanks.
aferris86
709.9 is good for the nose, but lesion for the lip is 528.5.
I disagree... 528.xx codes are for diseases of the oral soft tissues and 528.5 is disease of the lip, but it would need to be consistent with the code category and be the soft tissue of the lip. If this is the vermillion border then it is not the soft tissue, and a lesion is not necessarily a disease.