AMA CPT® Assistant - 1998 Issue 7 (July)
Auditory, 69631 (Q&A) (July 1998)
July 1998 page 11d Coding Consultation Auditory, 69631 (Q&A) Question Is CPT code 69631, Tympanoplasty without mastoidectomy (including canalplasty, atticotomy and/or middle ear surgery), initial or revi-sion; without ossicular chain reconstruction, a unilateral or bilateral procedure? AMA Comment CPT code 69631 is a unilateral procedure. Therefore, if the physician performs the procedure as described by code 69631 in both ears, then it would be appropriate to append the modifier -50 to code 69631 to indicate that code 69631 was performed as a bilateral procedure. Auditory, 69631 (Q&A). CPT® Assistant. 1998; July 1998 page 11d ...
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