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We’re watching out for you and want you to be at the top of your game when it comes to coding. As Academy members, Derm Coding Consult and DermWorld provide you with the latest information about accurate diagnostic and procedural coding, as well as Medicare reimbursement issues in dermatology. We bring you new titles and topics each quarter to keep you well-informed.

Here are the latest high-yield offerings from Derm Coding Consult and DermWorld:

• Reporting excimer laser therapy: When to use 96999 vs 9692x

• CMS creates permanent drug code for treating molluscum contagiosum

• Measuring a lesion and choosing the appropriate excision code

• CMS finalizes and implements evaluation and management visit complexity HCPCS add-on code G2211

• Determining the appropriate lesion destruction code — benign or premalignant

• Coding dermatology encounters in 2024

• Cosmetic or not, will this be covered?

• CMS releases 2023 third and fourth quarter NCCI edits

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