Monday Coding QuizzesThe estimated reading time is less than a minute Excision and Z-plasty September 2, 2019 at 12:00 am1 Test your skills with a new coding question from Clinical Coding Workout every Monday. When a malignant lesion is excised and the resultant skin defect is closed with a Z-plasty, what code(s) should be reported? A code for the Z-plasty only (14000–14061) A code for the malignant lesion excision (11600–11646) and a code for the Z-plasty (14000–14061) A code for the malignant lesion excision only (11600–11646) A code for the complex repair only (13100–13160)Source: AHIMA Press. Clinical Coding Workout, 2019. https://my.ahima.org/store/product?id=65592.
CPT coding was more exact than ICD-9-CM