AMA CPT® Assistant - 1999 Issue 5 (May)
Surgery Integumentary System, 11057 (Q&A) (May 1999)
May 1999 page 10d Coding Consultation Surgery Integumentary System, 11057 (Q&A) Can you report CPT code 11057, Paring or cutting of benign hyperkeratotic lesion (eg, corn or callus); more than four lesions, twice for the paring or cutting of eight lesions? AMA Comment From a CPT coding perspective, code 11057 would be reported only once since the descriptor states more than four lesions, and would therefore inherently include any number of lesions over four. Surgery Integumentary System, 11057 (Q&A). CPT® Assistant. 1999; May 1999 page 10d ...
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