AMA CPT® Assistant - 2003 Issue 8 (August)

Surgery/Respiratory System (August 2003)

August 2003 page 14 Coding Consultation:Questions and Answers Respiratory System, 30930, 68720 (Q&A) Question If a physician performs a dacryocystorhinostomy and a therapeutic turbinate fracture at the same operative session, can code 30930 be reported in addition to code 68720, or is it included in code 68720? AMA Comment The procedure described by code 68720, Dacryocystorhinostomy (fistulization of lacrimal sac to nasal cavity), can be performed without touching the turbinate bones. Therefore, Code 30930, Fracture nasal turbinate(s), therapeutic, may be reported separately and in addition to code 68720 when both procedures are performed at a single operative session...

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