A 50-year-old female has telangiectasias of the face on both cheeks. she is very bothered by this and presents to have them destroyed via laser. the physician lasers one cutaneous vascular lesion on each cheek; each lesion measuring 2 square cm. what cpt® code (s) is/are reported?

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Diamond Pace

19 August, 20:44

A 50-year-old female has telangiectasias of the face on both cheeks. she is very bothered by this and presents to have them destroyed via laser. the physician lasers one cutaneous vascular lesion on each cheek; each lesion measuring 2 square cm. what cpt® code (s) is/are reported?

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Alfredo Chandler · Answer 1

A CPT code 17106 is reported in this situation.

CPT stands for Current Procedural Terminology, is a set of medical codes that are used to report, surgical, medical and diagnostic procedures.

It is used by physicians, health insurance companies and accreditation organizations. These codes are maintained by the American Medical Association