When reporting excision of skin lesions (11400-11646), in addition to other procedures at the same anatomic location during the same session, be on the lookout for the following bundling issues. Do not report in addition to lesion excision: Local anesthesia. Simple closures (12001-12018)
tick bite. a puncture wound produced by the toothed beak of a blood-sucking tick, a small, tough-skinned arachnid. Ticks transmit several diseases to humans, and a few species carry a neurotoxin in their saliva that may cause ascending paralysis beginning in the legs.
Rocky Mountain spotted fever: With similar symptoms as Ehrlichiosis, this type of fever causes the victim to get a rash. However, the rash only manifests itself after 5 to 10 days of the tick bite. It must be noted that this illness the responsible for the highest number of deaths caused by a disease spread by ticks.