AMA CPT® Assistant - 2018 Issue 4 (April)

Surgery: Integumentary System (Q&A) (April 2018)

April 2018 page 10a Surgery: Integumentary System Question: Code 15732has been deleted for 2018. What is the appropriate code to report for a head and neck muscle, myocutaneous, or fasciocutaneous flap? Answer: New codes, 15730, Midface flap (ie, zygomaticofacial flap) with preservation of vascular pedicle(s), and 15733, Muscle, myocutaneous, or fasciocutaneous flap; head and neck with named vascular pedicle (ie, buccinators, genioglossus, temporalis, masseter, sternocleidomastoid, levator scapulae), were created to more specifically report these procedures, obviating the need for the less specific and deleted code 15732, Muscle, myocutaneous, or fasciocutaneous flap; head and neck (eg, temporalis, masseter muscle, sternocleidomastoid...

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