When lesion excision is so extensive that the physician can’t achieve closure by simple, intermediate, or complex means, she generally must rely upon other repair options. Frequently, she’ll use adjacent tissue transfer or tissue rearrangement (Z-plasty, W-plasty, flaps, etc.). According to the latest information from the Correct Coding Initiative (CCI), this family of codes (14000-14350) includes excision. Consequently, you shouldn’t report excision codes (11400-11471) and simple repair codes (12001-12021) separately when you bill 14000-14350.
Although the [...]
