Assignment task:
Howard is a 64-year-old male with carcinoma on his forehead. He presents today for excision of the cancer and associated margins. The patient is taken to the OR, prepped, draped, and general anesthesia was administered. The tumor was marked along the edges. The frozen section revealed negative margins so the entire area, including the margins, were resected to ensure complete removal of the entire carcinoma. The total carcinoma and margins were 1.9 cm. A complex closure was performed. Patient was extubated and sent to recovery.
What are the correct CPT code(s)? Looking for Online Tutoring?
Hint 1: 2 codes are needed look up excision, lesion, skin and then wound, repair
Hint 2: look up excision, lesion, skin, malignant and then look up wound, repair, forehead, complex
CPT excision code:
CPT repair code and modifier: