coding excisions

how do you code excisions 11442 times 2? Do you add up the length and use 11443 or 11444 depending on the lenghth or do you use modifiers on 11442.

coding excisions

You add up the margins and the size of the lesion and use that measurment for the appropriate CPT® code. You code each lesion separately using modifier -59 for each additional lesion excised.

coding excisioins

Lesions, unlike repairs, are billed for each one, rather than adding the lengths.