Suspicion around lesions move

Can Laya’s removal of ‘code 23’ be put down to a miscommunication, asks Dara Gantly It came as a surprise to GPs who received it: an unexpected email from Laya Healthcare last week, informing them of an immediate change to the GP Schedule of Benefits that would cease all payments for the excision of pigmented naevi (procedure code 23). It seemed to many that the move had come out of the blue, and had certainly not been discussed with those involved in primary care surgical practice. But Laya was kind enough to enclose correspondence it had received from the National…