acrochordon images - HEALTHY
I was hoping to get another opinion. My physician did cryosurgery of an imflamed acrochordon. I coded this as 11200 with diagnosis 701.9.
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However our in house auditor is stating that inflamed acrochordon is not a skin tag and should not be coded as skin tag removal. If you have any reference... We have a patient with a 6cm x 2cm inflamed Acrochordon(skin tag) on the chest. The Acrochordon was excised with scissors.
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Pathology came back Acrochordon (fibroepithelial polyp). Doctor doesn't feel that code 11200 is appropriate do to the size of the Acrochordon. What code would you use... 1. Acrochordon (L91.8) Destroyed on neck, inner thigh 2.
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