Question: Our dermatologist excised two benign lesions – one on the shoulder and the other on the abdomen. He also removed an actinic keratosis from the patient’s face. CCI bundles 11400 and 17000 as mutually exclusive. Does this mean I can only report 11400 x 2 and not 17000?
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Answer: You can report both in this case, since there were two separate surgical sites. Even though 11400 (Excision, benign lesion including margins, except skin tag [unless [...]