Using the cpt coding guidelines is important for correct coding of procedures found in the integumentary subsection. for example; lesion excisions can be tricky and there are a lot of guidelines to coders choose the best codes for the procedure the physician performed. read the guidelines for “excision- benign lesions” in the cpt manual. describe what coders must know about the procedure performed before assigning a code from this group of codes. provide an example of how codes are assigned when the surgical wound requires more than a simple closure after the lesion is excised.