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  2. When Does Medicare Cover Wart Removal? - AOL

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    If your wart removal procedure is deemed medically necessary and covered by Medicare, you’ll pay 20% of the Medicare-approved amount after you meet your Part B deductible (which is $240 in 2024 ...

  3. Warts can be stubborn to treat. Here's how to get rid of them.

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    The most common in-office treatment for warts is cryotherapy, Schultz explains. During this procedure, the wart is sprayed with liquid nitrogen, causing a local destruction of the skin tissue ...

  4. Hyfrecator - Wikipedia

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    The hyfrecator has a large number of uses, such as removal of warts (especially recalcitrant warts), [4] [5] pearly penile papules, desiccation of sebaceous gland disorders, electrocautery of bleeding, epilation, destruction of small cosmetically unwanted superficial veins, in certain types of plastic surgery, and many other dermatological tasks.

  5. Duct tape occlusion therapy - Wikipedia

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    A 2002 study involved 51 individuals (aged 3–22) treated with either "standard duct tape" (not otherwise specified in the study) or cryotherapy. A piece of duct tape was cut as close to the size of the wart as possible, and applied to the area. The tape was left on for 6 days and replaced with new duct tape if it fell off.

  6. Cauterization - Wikipedia

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    Cauterization (or cauterisation, or cautery) is a medical practice or technique of burning a part of a body to remove or close off a part of it. It destroys some tissue in an attempt to mitigate bleeding and damage, remove an undesired growth, or minimize other potential medical harm, such as infections when antibiotics are unavailable.

  7. Current Procedural Terminology - Wikipedia

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    The CPT code revisions in 2013 were part of a periodic five-year review of codes. Some psychotherapy codes changed numbers, for example 90806 changed to 90834 for individual psychotherapy of a similar duration. Add-on codes were created for the complexity of communication about procedures.

  8. Plantar wart - Wikipedia

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    Cryotherapy being applied to a plantar wart with a cotton swab A number of treatments have been found to be effective. [ 14 ] A 2012 review of different treatments for skin warts in otherwise healthy people concluded modest benefit from salicylic acid, and cryotherapy appears similar to salicylic acid.

  9. Cryosurgery - Wikipedia

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    Cryosurgery (with cryo from the Ancient Greek κρύο ' icy cold ') is the use of extreme cold in surgery to destroy abnormal or diseased tissue; [1] thus, it is the surgical application of cryoablation. Cryosurgery has been historically used to treat a number of diseases and disorders, especially a variety of benign and malignant skin ...