The surgeon performs an excision of a 1.5 cm deep intramuscular soft tissue tumor of the scalp. CPT Code: 21011
What will be an ideal response?
Correct Code: 21013
CPT distinguishes between an “intramuscular” soft tissue tumor excision from subcutaneous. Code 21011 is for a subcutaneous tumor, which does not match the documentation.
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