What is procedure code 11406?
The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 11406 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range – Excision-Benign Lesions Procedures on the Skin.
What is the procedure code for skin tag removal?
Skin tags. For removal of skin tags by any method, use codes 11200 and 11201. For the first 15 skin tags removed, use code 11200. For each additional 10 skin tags removed, also report code 11201.
How should the excision of multiple lesions be reported?
If you remove multiple lesions in a single visit by shave or full thickness excising, each should be reported separately with modifier 59 to indicate that these are distinct procedural services provided on the same day.
Is skin tag removal considered surgery?
Skin tag removal is considered to be cosmetic and is not covered. Symptomatic benign skin lesion removal/treatment is a covered service.
Is removal of skin tags covered by insurance?
Is skin tag removal covered by insurance? Skin Tag removal is considered cosmetic unless it is infected or bleeding. Removal of infected skin tags is a covered benefit under your health plan.
What are preauricular tags?
Preauricular tags are benign congenital abnormalities consisting of epithelial mounds or pedunculated skin located near the front of the ear that can be associated with other conditions.
What is an excisional debridement?
An excisional debridement of the skin or subcutaneous tissue is the surgical removal or cutting away of such tissue, necrosis, or slough and is classified to the root operation Excision. Excisional debridement involves the use of a scalpel to remove devitalized tissue. According to AHA Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM/PCS, Third Quarter 2015, p. 3:
What is debridement of the skin and subcutaneous tissue?
“Debridement of the skin and subcutaneous tissue is a procedure by which foreign material and devitalized or contaminated tissue are removed from a traumatic or infected lesion until the surrounding healthy tissue is exposed. Debridement can be categorized as excisional or non-excisional.”
Which chromosomal abnormalities include preauricular skin tags?
Several chromosomal abnormalities include preauricular tags as one of the phenotypic expressions. The Goldenhar syndrome includes preauricular skin tags, bilateral limbal dermoids of the eye and eyelid colobomas (see Chapter 34, Congenital Anomalies of the Head and Neck).