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malignant lesion of the neck
A pre-malignant lesion is a lesion that, while not cancerous, has strong potential for becoming cancerous. An example would be a callous-like area between the cheek and gum where someone who chews tobacco keeps the tobacco plug. Given enough time, that area will often turn cancerous. Sometimes a chronic irritation from an ill-fitting denture can be called pre-malignant. The cause of a pre-malignant lesion should be determined and eliminated, and the lesion should usually be biopsied to make sure it is not cancer.
11604, 11603, 11624. Report separately each malignant lesion excised. Report largest lesion first, followed by next largest to smallest.
The characteristic lesion is an irregular, enlarging black macule, which has a malignant melanoma a malignant skin tumor.
11644- excision of 2.5cm malignant lesion of lip 11604-excision 1.5cm of mlignant lesion of chest thank u, shankar Email;siva_sankar551@rediffmail.com
Location and size
373.9 is what the coding book says. You might also use a neoplasm code depending on what type of lesion it is.
There is no term listed as such. It is used in part of a description of a disease or condition. For example: Kaposi's sarcoma is a rare malignant lesion. Soft purple-brown nodule, associated with AIDS, diabetes, and malignant lymphoma.
173.2
Any biopsy that does not remove the full vertical extent of the primary is inadequate. Therefore, if a skin lesion is suspicious, full thickness excisional biopsy is the approach recommended.
Lesion excisions are coded based on their size vs the number of lesions excised. All lesion sizes of the same area are added together & coded based on the size. 11643 - excision, malignant lesion including margins, face, ears, eyelids, nose, lips; excised 2.1 cm - 3.0 cm
benign or malignant