Question

Patient has a suspicious lesion of the right axilla. the area was infiltrated with local anesthetic and prepped and draped in a sterile fashion. with the use of a 3 mm punch tool the lesion was excised and closed with 5.0 prolene suture. pathology report indicated this was a seborrheic keratosis. what cpt® and icd-10-cm codes are reported?

Answer 1

11400, 702.19

- CPT 11400  coded as Excision, benign lesion, except skin tag (Only of listed elsewhere), trunk, arms or legs; lesion diameter 0.5 cm or less.

this code should only be used when the excision is in full thickness lesion removal that includes the margins, and also including of simple closures. 

- ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 702.19 - other Seborrheic Keratosis.