AMA CPT® Assistant - 2016 Issue 7 (July)

Surgery: Respiratory System (Q&A) (July 2016)

July 2016 page 8b Surgery: Respiratory System Question: Is code 30930, Fracture nasal inferior turbinate(s), therapeutic, included in code 30420, Rhinoplasty, primary; including major septal repair, or can these codes be separately reported? Answer: The procedure represented by code 30930 is not inherent in code 30420. Therefore, it is appropriate to report a rhinoplasty or a septoplasty in addition to a therapeutic turbinate fracture, when performed at the same operative session. Reporting code 30930 in addition to code 30420 is intended to apply to the inferior turbinates, typically for airway improvement. However, if the surgeon merely fractures the middle...

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