AMA CPT® Assistant - 2017 Issue 12 (December)
Surgery: Nervous System (Q&A) (December 2017)
December 2017 page 14d Surgery: Nervous System Question: What type of closure does the pituitary excision procedure described by code 62165 include? Specifically, may code 15740, 15750, or adjacent tissue transfer code be separately reported for harvesting a nasoseptal flap to prevent a cerebrospinal fluid leak, if it is harvested via the same or separate incision in the nose? Answer: If a cerebrospinal fluid leak is encountered during the procedure, the necessary closure would be included in the work for the procedure described by code 62165, Neuroendoscopy, intracranial; with excision of pituitary tumor, transnasal or trans-sphenoidal approach. Therefore, no...
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