Mr. Woolridge has had a suspicious lesion on his left shoulder for approximately eight weeks that is not healing. On the dermatologist's exam of left shoulder blade, there is excoriation and scabbing and the lesion not healing. Patient agrees and wishes to proceed with a punch biopsy of the lesion. A punch biopsy is taken of the lesion and sent to pathology. A simple repair is performed at the biopsy site.
What CPT® and ICD-10-CM codes are reported?
A. 11102, 12001-51, D49.2. size of lesion was not mentioned.
11102 l98.9. simple bunch biopsy with an d unspecified disorder of the skin it approppiatley descrbes punch biospy of 1 lesion to code the skin
Size of the lesion
size of lesion being puncher and simple repair, examination
As per section Guidelines, Simple closure of the defect is included with Punch biopsy. We only code for Punch biopsy of single lesion which is 11104.
Google results say that it is the Answer C.
unspecified neoplasm. D49.2. and 11104. punch biopsy