AMA CPT® Assistant - 2014 Issue 11 (November)

Surgery: Auditory System (Q&A) (November 2014)

November 2014 page 15 Surgery: Auditory System Question: Does the removal of impacted cerumen alone meet the criteria for code 69210,Removal impacted cerumen requiring instrumentation, unilateral? Answer: No. In order to report code 69210, the removal must be performed using instrumentation. As indicated on page 384 of the CPT Professional 2014 codebook, for cerumen removal that is not impacted or does not require instrumentation, (eg, by irrigation only), see an E/M service code, which may include new or established patient office or other outpatient services [99201-99215], hospital observation services [99217-99220, 99224-99226], hospital care [99221-99223, 99231-99233], consultations [99241-99255], emergency...

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