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A typical patient is a 55-year-old adult presenting to an outpatient dermatology or ambulatory surgical center for a minor skin procedure. The patient has a suspicious cutaneous lesion on the forearm that requires a diagnostic or therapeutic excision under local anesthesia. The clinical workflow includes pre-procedure evaluation (history, focused skin exam, consent), marking the lesion, local infiltration with lidocaine with or without epinephrine, elliptical excision with primary closure, hemostasis, specimen labeling and submission to pathology, and post-procedure wound-care instructions. The procedure is performed by a dermatologist, general surgeon, or plastic surgeon with nursing support. Billing uses modifier 00 as the default when no other modifier applies.
| CPT Code | Description | Relationship to This Procedure |
|---|---|---|
1002F | No Summary found for this code | Primary billing code specified in the input. If used, it represents the indexed service for this encounter. |
11102 | Tangential biopsy of skin (single lesion) | May be used when a lesion is removed by tangential shave for diagnostic purposes prior to or instead of full excision. |
11400 | Excision, benign lesion, single, trunk, arms or legs; excised diameter 0.5 cm or less | Commonly reported for benign skin lesion excisions when procedural excision rather than diagnostic biopsy is performed. |
12001 | Repair, simple, wounds of face, ears, eyelids, nose, lips; 2.5 cm or less | May be reported when primary closure after excision requires a simple repair technique. |
11100 | Biopsy of skin, single lesion | Used for diagnostic skin biopsy services when a full-thickness punch or incisional biopsy is performed prior to excision. |
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| Modifier | Description | When to Use |
|---|---|---|
| 58 | Modifier 58 (Staged or related procedure/service by the same physician during the postoperative period) indicates that a subsequent procedure performed by the same provider during the… | - Use modifier 58 when the same physician/QHP performs a procedure during the postoperative/global period of an earlier procedure and the subsequent procedure is either planned or anticipated… |
| 66 | Modifier 66 (Surgical Team) is used when three or more surgeons act as primary surgeons on a single, highly complex procedure. The AMA defines it for use when a surgical team — often composed of… | - Use modifier 66 when three or more surgeons act as primary surgeons working collaboratively as a surgical team on a single, highly complex or difficult procedure (for example organ… |
| 91 | Modifier 91 — “Repeat Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Test” — is appended when the exact same CPT laboratory test is performed more than once for the same patient on the same day because serial,… | - Use modifier 91 when the exact same CPT laboratory test is performed more than once on the same patient on the same date because serial or repeated testing is medically necessary to monitor… |
| 96 | Modifier 96 is appended to CPT codes to indicate that a service or procedure was provided for habilitative purposes — i.e., to help a patient learn, maintain, or improve skills and functioning for… | - Use modifier -96 when a procedure or service that could be either habilitative or rehabilitative is provided specifically for habilitative purposes — i.e., to help a patient learn, maintain, or… |
| 22 | Modifier –22 (Increased Procedural Services) is used when a reported procedure is substantially more extensive than normally required. The CPT Manual and CMS state it may be appended only when the… | - When to use: Append modifier -22 to a procedural CPT code when the service performed is substantially more extensive than the usual service described by that code — i.e., the procedure required… |
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