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Biopsy Diagnosis
June 25, 2020 Question: What is the appropriate diagnosis code to submit when I do a skin biopsy of the…
Malignant Lesions on Lip
June 11, 2020 Question: What diagnosis code should I use for a patient treated for two malignant lesions, one in…
AK’s with Biopsy on the Same Date
May 28, 2020 Question: We had a Medicare patient who came in with AKs and a lesion on the eyelid.…
Telemedicine and “Incident to”
May 14, 2020 Question: Can a nurse bill a 99211 as “incident to” for a telemedicine visit? Answer: If all…
Phone Call Documentation
April 30, 2020 Question: What documentation is needed to bill for a phone only visit besides time? Answer: There aren’t…
When and How to Bill Q3014
April 16, 2020 Question: How do we bill for Q3014 when we perform a teledermatology visit with video? Answer: Q3014…
Approved Telehealth Platforms
April 2, 2020 Question: Now that we aren’t limited to HIPAA compliant software, can we use any app or platform…
Yeast Dermatitis
March 19, 2020 Question: What diagnosis code is reported for yeast dermatitis? Answer: You would report B36.8 (Other specified superficial…
Dysplastic Nevus
March 5, 2020 Question: Would I code a melanocytic nevi of the right shoulder with ICD-10-CM code D48.5? Answer: No,…
Diagnosis Code for Skin Cancer Screening
February 20, 2020 Question: My physician sees a patient for a skin cancer screening. What diagnosis code should I use…
Lesion Excision with ATT
February 6, 2020 Question: We have been billing malignant lesion excisions and ATT’s separately and we were getting paid. Now…
Keloid Scar Destruction
January 23, 2020 Question: What CPT code should you report for laser removal of a keloid scar? What should be…
Unspecified or Uncertain Behavior
January 9, 2020 Question: My provider insists on calling some lesions uncertain behavior because he is suspicious of cancer. This…
Measurements for Excision of Lesion Removal
December 19, 2019 Question: Our coder sometimes uses measurements listed in the pathology report for lesion excisions, because the measurements…
Billing for Incisional Biopsies
December 5, 2019 Question: How do we code for 2 separate incisional biopsies – one on the back and another…
Definition of Simple versus Complicated
November 14, 2019 Question: What is the definition of simple vs complicated for the I&D codes 10060 versus 10061? Answer:…
New Patient, or Not?
October 31, 2019 Question: If I see a new patient in consultation for a suspicious skin lesion and release them…
What Constitutes the Trunk for Complex Repairs?
October 17, 2019 Question: CPT question for anatomy: When coding complex repairs CPT 13100-13102 for complex repair of trunk. What…
Excision versus Biopsy
October 3, 2019 Question: Does this code description require a scalpel? If you do a punch excision – margins are…
Waiting on Pathology?
September 19, 2019 Question: Do you have to await the pathology report in order to assign the diagnosis of benign…
Incident-To Billing
September 5, 2019 Question: Our physicians have instructed us to bill under a physician’s NPI number for all Advanced Practitioners…
Documenting Codes in the Procedure Report
August 22, 2019 Question: I’ve been dictating CPT and ICD-10-CM codes in my procedure note so that my coder knows…
Mohs Staging
August 8, 2019 Question: My physician performed Mohs surgery on a patient with a basal cell carcinoma on his cheek.…
Lesion Excision and Repair
July 25, 2019 Question: I saw a patient for an excision of a squamous cell carcinoma on his chest. The…
Confirmation Pathology Report
July 11, 2019 Question: Can we perform Mohs surgery without a pathology report? Answer: If you review CMS and other…
Modifier 59
June 20, 2019 Question: I destroyed 8 AKs and 3 SKs on a patient and also took a shave biopsy…
Diagnosis Code
June 6, 2019 Question: A pathology report came back from a skin biopsy stating “compound dysplastic lesion with severe atypia. …
Ear Biopsy
May 23, 2019 Question: What is the correct code for a tangential biopsy of the antihelical fold? I was going…
Skin Tag Removal by Shave
May 9, 2019 Question: If I remove 3 small skin tags (less than 0.5cm) by shave technique from a patient’s…
Modifier 50 for ATT?
April 25, 2019 Question: My doctor did two adjacent tissue transfers, one on the abdomen and one on the each…
Articles
Going Cosmetic? Part 1
The Association of Dermatology Administrators & Managers Newsletter by Glenn Morley If you’ve decided to make the strategic change toward…
Going Cosmetic? Part 2
The Association of Dermatology Administrators & Managers Newsletter by Glenn Morley For physicians who have decided to incorporate cosmetic services…
