AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2017 Issue 1; Ask the Editor

Reconstruction of Mandible Using Titanium and Bone

A patient presented with cancer of the left anterior floor of the mouth and mandible. During a complex reconstruction of the floor of the mouth, ventral tongue and alveolar ridge with flap, the left mandible was reconstructed with a titanium bone plate. Bone was harvested from the right fibula and fixed to the reconstruction plate. What is the appropriate code assignment for a procedure that involves both titanium and autologous bone, “Synthetic substitute” or “Autologous tissue substitute”? ...

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