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What does my/o stand for?

When Mohs surgery is being performed the healthcare professional who is doing the surgery is playing two roles: the surgeon and the pathologist. 

Closed treatment of mandibular fracture without manipulation. 

Open treatment of metatarsal fracture includes internal fixation 

During the same session if a lesion excision is performed and an adjacent tissue transfer. Which one do you code? 

Pt had a malignant lesion excised from back measuring 2.1 cm. During the same session the pt had an intermediate wound repair for this. What is the proper CPT code(s)? 

Using Mohs Micrographic Surgery what does the stage mean?

When multiple wounds are repaired in the same classification how do you code that?

Patient had a 0.5 cm including margins malignant lesion excised from the face. 

What does the guidelines say regarding coding malignant lesion excisions.