AMA CPT® Assistant - 2012 Issue 12 (December)

THEN and NOW: Temporalis Fascial Graft (December 2012)

December 2012 page 11 THEN and NOW: Temporalis Fascial Graft The March 2007 (p 9) and August 2008 (p 4) editions of the CPT Assistant discussed the reporting of code 69631, Tympanoplasty without mastoidectomy (including canalplasty, atticotomy and/or middle ear surgery), initial or revision; without ossicular chain reconstruction, with harvesting of a temporalis fascial graft through the same or separate incision. This information has been updated and the following clarification is provided in this Then and Now. THEN The March 2007 CPT Assistant indicated that code 69631 includes the work of harvesting the graft material. Therefore, code 69631 should...

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