Category: ICD-10

Coding Uncertain Lesion Excisions With Certainty

August 1, 2022October 25, 2022Barbara Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC, COC, CPC-P, CPC-I, CENTC, CPCONo Comments

What to do when the pathology doesn’t correlate to the service provided. The rules for cutaneous (skin) excision coding are straightforward: When the pathology for a lesion is benign, code for excision of benign lesion, 11400-11446; and when the patho… For more, read here: AAPC Blog

ICD-10 Guidelines: Sometimes You Have to Break the Rules

August 1, 2019December 4, 2020Barbara Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CENTC, CPCONo Comments

Rik Salomon, CPC, CRC, CEDC, CEMA, CMCS, and I recently got into a rather spirited debate with a group of Certified Professional Coders (CPCs®) on coding guidelines and how they govern our medical coding. CPT® and ICD-10 guidelines are the primary det… For more, read here: AAPC Blog