Dermatology Coding Alert

Boost claims accuracy by avoiding these common biopsy coding pitfalls.

If you automatically assign 11100 when your dermatologist specifies the biopsy site, you could be forfeiting deserved pay.

Site-specific codes increase coding accuracy. Plus, they pay more than the most widely used code, 11100 (Biopsy of skin, subcutaneous tissue and/or mucous membrane [including simple closure], unless otherwise listed; single lesion).

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Site-specific biopsy codes tell the payer that the dermatologist performed a biopsy at a specific site, rather than a generic integumentary based biopsy (11000). A site-specific biopsy code also represents a more complicated [...]

- Published on 2011-12-13