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Patient had a release of upper labial frenulum.of lip. Diagnosis code is a short upper labial frenulum with binding of upper lip. Now I look up the code for the procedure and I say its cpt code 40806- it IS , release of the labial frenulum, I just cant find a dx code for it.
I code for an ASC, and the booking was cpt code was 41115, excision of lingual frenum , wHICH i disagree, because it invoves the tongue.

Now here is my questions ?
1. am I i right or wrong
2. if right, what DX should i use ? thanks
 
Other Diseases of lip and oral mucosa k13.0

I have a patient (infant) with a labial frenulum preventing proper latching and breastfeeding , ultimaly ending with inability to gain weight and malnutrition. When the Doctor did the procedure the CPT is 41010. DX using K13.0 I am wondering if this will be specific enough now with the specificity detail required. Only code with similar reference is Q38.1, however this patient did not have a tongue tie, they had a lip tie which has no specific dx. Am I correct in using K13.0 or is there any other more specific code to use? thank you
 
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