Dr. Haber shaved a dermal lesion on Harold Jeffers's chest, total diameter 3.2 cm. What is the appropriate CPT code for this procedure?

Name: Dr. Haber shaved a dermal lesion on Harold Jeffers's chest, total diameter 3.2 cm. What is the appropriate CPT code for this procedure?
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The appropriate CPT code for the excision of a 3.2 cm dermal lesion would be 11303, which is defined as "Shaving of epidermal or dermal lesion, single lesion, trunk, arms or legs; lesion diameter 2.1 to 3.0 cm."

Dr Haber Shaved a Dermal Lesion on Harold Jeffers's Chest