Straight from the AMA in Chicago — answers to your lesion excision coding questions for 2010. Question: A thigh lesion measures 2 cm but requires a resection down to the subcutaneous layer of 4 cm. Which lesion excision code should I use? Answer: “You should use the larger of the subcutaneous codes,” says Albert E. Bothe, Jr, [...] Related articles:

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