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Medical Coding

Category - 40,000 Series

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A 25-year-old smoker has a lesion on the right anterior portion of his tongue. He needs to have a biopsy done of this lesion. What CPT code should be used for this procedure?
  1. 41100
  2. 41105
  3. 41108
  4. 41112
Explanation
Answer: A - 41100 code is the only code for biopsy of the tongue involving the anterior two-thirds of the tongue.
Code 41105 is incorrect because it is for biopsy of the posterior one-third of the tongue. Code 41108 is incorrect because this is for a biopsy of the floor of the mouth. Code 41112 is incorrect because this is for excision of the lesion with closure of the anterior two-thirds of the tongue and this procedure was only for a biopsy.
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