A50 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 sq. cm. what cpt® code(s) is/are reported?

The answer is 17106

Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code are coding used by healthcare to specify a procedure.

The code 17106 will be used for destruction of lesions of the integumentary system . Telangiectasias or spider veins is a benign lesion from the blood vessel in the skin, so it should be included in 17106.

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