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Don't let the '180 cm' remark fool you here. A strawberry nevus is a benign neoplasm. So it should be coded as Removal, Benign Lesion, with the add on code to indicate it was larger than 4cm and the LT modifier: 11440 LT; 11446 LT

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Q: What is the cpt code for removal of 180cm strawberry nevus of left cheek?
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