As an office doc who does not do biopsies or surgery, it's amazing to hear that insurance pays differently for removing benign vs. malignant lesions. IMHO, this further illustrates the inane system that physicians have to use to get paid! Why would you do a different initial procedure, not knowing yet whether the lesion was benign or not?
Let me know when the lynch mob forms up for the AMA RBRVS committee.
