A patient has been losing a large amount of hair. The provider plucks a few hairs from the patient for microscopic evaluation to determine telogen and anagen counts. What is the correct code for this procedure?

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96902 is the correct code for microscopic examination of hairs plucked or clipped by the examiner to determine telogen and anagen counts or structural hair shaft abnormalities.
Code 96900 is incorrect because this code is for actinotherapy. Code 96904 is incorrect because this code is for whole body integumentary photography for monitoring of high-risk patients with dysplastic nevus syndrome. Code 96910 is incorrect because this code is for Photochemotherapy, including tar and ultraviolet B, or petrolatum and ultraviolet B.

A Patient Has Been Losing a Large Amount of Hair