Doctor saw a patient with a painful umbilical mass. Patient is scheduled for an excision of the umbilical mass. I have an ICD 10 (R19.05) but can not find a CPT code. His notes read "patient was advised that we would proceed with an infra umbilical incision with eversion of the umbilicus and resection of the mass. There might be a need to remove some surrounding tissue if a fistulous tract is found or a cystic lesion." Any help would be appreciated.
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Wiki Umbilical Mass
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danskangel313
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Are you trying to code for the procedure? If so, from what you've posted it doesn't seem that the procedure has happened yet. You won't be able to choose a procedure code until after the procedure has been completed.