You Be the Coder: Repeat Wart Freezing Within Global
Question: Eight days after an initial wart freezing, the patient returns, and the dermatologist freezes another wart. Is the second procedure bundled into the first, or can we report it with a modifier?Oregon SubscriberAnswer: You may be able to report the second occurrence of 17110 (Destruction [e.g., laser surgery, electrosurgery, cryosurgery, chemosurgery, surgical curettement], of benign lesions other than skin [...]
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