CPT Knowledgebase - Jun 25, 2015

For CPT code 42894 (REVISED 2010), Resection of pharyngeal wall requiring closure with myocutaneous flap, is the work of developing the myocutaneous flap included in this code or does the code descriptor indicate that the dissection of the pharynx is so extensive it will require reconstruction?

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