CatchTheWind
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I have an old note on which I had written that when a complex repair is on the cutaneous (rather than vermillion) lip, it must be coded as repair of face (1313x) rather than repair of lip (1315x), because the "lip" for coding purposes only includes the vermillion. However, when I looked at the description of 1313x, it actually is very specific about what parts of the face are included, and the area of the cutaneous lip is not mentioned (only forehead, cheeks, and chin, plus other non-facial areas).
So I wonder if I had this wrong. Do you code complex repair of cutaneous lip as 1313x or 1315x?
So I wonder if I had this wrong. Do you code complex repair of cutaneous lip as 1313x or 1315x?