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Top CPT Codes in Dermatology

Dermatology utilization often concentrates around lesion destruction, biopsy, and procedure-oriented office services. Specialty-specific visibility helps teams improve coding capture and benchmark procedure-mix performance.

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17000	Destroy premalignant lesion, first	100	$78.66
17003	Each additional premalignant lesion	88	$9.93
11102	Tangential biopsy, single lesion	77	$113.09
17110	Destroy benign lesions, up to 14	72	$121.70
12032	Intermediate repair, scalp/extremities	63	$235.12
96910	Photochemotherapy with UV-B	51	$43.56

Insights

Procedure-oriented coding is a defining feature of dermatology claim mix.
Multiple lesion and destruction families require careful code selection to avoid undercoding.
Documentation detail drives both compliance and payer acceptance for high-frequency skin procedures.

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