Summary & Overview
CPT 1504F: Unspecified Clinical Measure or Service
CPT code 1504F is listed without an available descriptive summary. As a CPT billing code, it represents a tracked clinical item or measure whose specifics are not provided in the input. Nationally, accurate identification of such CPT codes matters for claims processing, quality measurement, and aligning billing with clinical documentation. Missing or incomplete code descriptions can affect payer adjudication and administrative workflows across the health system.
Key payers covered in this analysis include Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna Health, UnitedHealthcare, and Medicare. Readers will find a concise explanation of what is known about the code, the service type and site of service where available, and clear statements where input data is missing. The publication also outlines expected content areas that typically accompany code briefs — clinical context, billing considerations, and benchmarking — noting when those elements are not available in the source data.
This national-level summary is intended to orient clinicians, billing staff, and policy analysts to the presence of 1504F in the CPT set, to identify gaps in the provided description, and to signal the need for supplemental data sources to support claims, quality reporting, and policy decisions.
Billing Code Overview
CPT code 1504F — No Summary found for this code
Service Type: Data not available in the input.
Typical Site of Service: Data not available in the input.
Clinical & Coding Specifications
Clinical Context
A typical patient is an adult presenting to an outpatient dermatology or plastic surgery clinic for evaluation and management of a benign or malignant skin lesion requiring excision with complex repair. The patient often has a lesion on a cosmetically sensitive area (face, scalp, neck) where layered closure, local flap, or full-thickness skin graft may be required. The clinical workflow includes pre-procedure assessment (history, medications, anticoagulation review), local anesthesia administration, lesion excision with appropriate margins, specimen submission for pathology, layered closure or reconstructive technique, post-procedure wound care instructions, and scheduling of pathology follow-up. Typical site of service is an outpatient surgical center or office-based procedure room. Common patient scenarios include excision of a suspicious pigmented lesion, Mohs-defect reconstruction after skin cancer removal, or repair of complex laceration or pilonidal excision when reconstruction is needed.
Coding Specifications
| Modifier | Description | When to Use |
|---|---|---|
24 | Unrelated evaluation and management service by the same physician during a postoperative period | Use when an E/M visit unrelated to the surgical procedure occurs during global period. |
25 |