The following procedures are nearly always cosmetic in nature. They are only covered when case review justifies a medical exception.

Procedure

CPT Code(s)

ICD-9

Excision, excessive skin, thigh, leg, hip, buttock arm, forearm or hand, submental fat pad; other areas

15831

15832-39

86.83

86.3

Chemical Peel

15788-15793

86.3

Salabrasion

15810, 15811

86.3

Dermabrasion for removal of acne scars

15780-15787

86.25

Chemical Exfoliation for acne

17360

86.24

Grafts, fat

15770, 20926

86.89

Electrolysis for hirsutism

17380

86.92

Suction assisted lipectomy

15876-15879

86.83

Correction diastasis recti abdominis

 

83.65

Removal of spider angiomata

36468, 36469

39.92

Reduction of labia minora

56620

71.3

Zyderm collagen implant

11950-11954

86.02

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following procedures will be covered if deemed to be medically necessary. (Photographs, medical records and letter documenting medical necessity may be required)

Procedure

CPT code(s)

ICD-9

Abdominal lipectomy

15877

86.83

Blepharoplasty

15820-15823

08.31-08.89

Breast reconstruction

19318, 19340, 19396

85.7

Dermabrasion

15780-15787

86.25

Gynecomastia

19318

85.20

Hair transplant

15775, 15776

86.64

Keloids

11400-11471

86.3

Lipomas

11400-11471

86.3

Otoplasty

69300

18.79

Port wine stains and other hemangiomas

 

 

Rhinoplasty

30460-30462

21.85-21.87

Rhytidectomy (meloplasty, face lift)

15824-15829

86.82

Scar Revision

11400-11471 with 12001-12021

86.84

Septoplasty

30520

21.88

Skin Tag Removal

11200, 11201

86.3