The surgeon fulgurates a .5 cm superficial basal cell carcinoma of the back.
What are the Integumentary System Coding Drill?
Index:
Lesion, Skin, Destruction, Malignant (Fulguration is a destruction technique; basal cell carcinoma is malignant.)
Code(s):
17260 Destruction, malignant lesion, trunk, 0.5 cm or less
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