You have just received a report on a biopsy on a patient with a suspicious skin lesion. The report notes the presence of carcinoma in situ (CIS). This term indicates to you that the lesion is composed of malignant cell that are defined by...
CPT code 76942 is an diagnostic ultrasonic guidancecode for needle placement. This code is used mostly for the percutaneous procedures. Percutaneous surgeries are same day surgery procedure andminimal invasive procedures. These procedures are performed through the skin percutaneously. Hence, guidance is ...
site, separate incision, excision, lesion, injury (ex: physician removes several lesions from pts leg; also notes a suspicious lesion on torso and biopsies it) , excision code for lesion removal + biopsy code for torso with -59, indicates biopsy as distinct procedure, not part of lesion ...