AMA CPT® Assistant - 2013 Issue 10 (October)

Surgery: Auditory System (Q&A) (October 2013)

October 2013 page 19 Surgery: Auditory System Question: What is the appropriate code to report the implantation of an osseointegrated implant on the temporal bone without attachment (speech processor)? Answer: It would be appropriate to report code 69714, Implantation, osseointegrated implant, temporal bone, with percutaneous attachment to external speech processor/cochlear stimulator; without mastoidectomy, for the osseointegrated implant procedure. Because attachment to the external speech processor was not done during this encounter, modifier 52, Reduced Services, would be appended to the initial code to indicate that the procedure was partially reduced. Question: When performing a transarterial hemorrhoidal dearterialization (THD), the...

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