CPT庐 Code 17315 - Mohs Micrographic Surgery Procedures

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CPT^® 17315, Under Mohs Micrographic Surgery Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 17315 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Mohs Micrographic Surgery Procedures.

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Summary

Mohs surgery is a multistaged method of excising a malignant lesion layer by layer, along with histopathological assessment, to ensure negative聽malignancy of the聽margins.

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17312 MUE edits

[QUOTE="mbellar, post: 508950, member: 180067"] I thought 17315 is for additional blocks not stages? [/QUOTE] You are correct. The post above is wrong - using 17315 for this purpose would be incorrec... [ Read More ]

17312 MUE edits

[QUOTE="sinman0531, post: 508731, member: 605607"] 17312 has an MUE of 4 units. Any units after 4, you would want to use 17315. So it would look like 17311 17312 x4 17315 x3 [/QUOTE] I thought 17315 ... [ Read More ]

17312 MUE edits

17312 has an MUE of 4 units. Any units after 4, you would want to use 17315. So it would look like 17311 17312 x4 17315 x3... [ Read More ]

does cpt 88314 need additional code 88312 or 88313?

88314 is an add-on code and must have a primary service billed with it. From Codify: [HEADING=2]CPT庐 Code [B]88314[/B][/HEADING] Special stain including interpretation and report; histochemical sta... [ Read More ]

Billing Wound Repair (12032) for perm neurostimulators

From the NCCI Manual Chapter CHAPTER III section L.9 [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/NationalCorrectCodInitEd/Downloads/NCCI-Policy-January-1-2019.zip[/URL]: "Closure/repair o... [ Read More ]

Anus lesion excision and intermediate repair

Repairs of all types are bundled. There are only a few exceptions and its related to excisions that are coded to the 1xxxx series. NCCI Manual: [QUOTE]Chapter III.L.9 Closure/repair of a surgical i... [ Read More ]

help with cpt codes 21011 and 13132

The repair is inclusive. Just because modifier 59 can be attached with a code pair it does not mean you can automatically add it, it needs to meet criteria of distinct procedure. You cant just cut som... [ Read More ]

Codding Mohs for first time

Think of it as a layer cake. Each stage is a layer. Each layer code includes up to 5 slices (sections/blocks). You have 2 layers and each layer includes up to 5 slices. You bill for the base layer cod... [ Read More ]

Excision of mass with closure/ complex repair

Excision of subcutaneous soft tissue tumors includes simple and intermediate closure. The CPT guidelines do state "[COLOR=#000000][FONT='inherit']Extensive undermining or other techniques to close a d... [ Read More ]

Nexplanon removal and suture code

There is an NCCI edit on the repair codes with this code. According to the plain english code medical coding guide I have says incision and closure is part of the primary procedure. most surgical proc... [ Read More ]

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