A 25-year-old smoker has a lesion on the right anterior portion of his tongue. He needs to have a biopsy done of this lesion. What CPT code should be used for this procedure?

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41100 code is the only code for biopsy of the tongue involving the anterior two-thirds of the tongue.
Code 41105 is incorrect because it is for biopsy of the posterior one-third of the tongue. Code 41108 is incorrect because this is for a biopsy of the floor of the mouth. Code 41112 is incorrect because this is for excision of the lesion with closure of the anterior two-thirds of the tongue and this procedure was only for a biopsy.

A 25-Year-Old Smoker Has a Lesion on the Right Anterior