tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 32

CPT Updates: Epilepsy Treatments Gain More Specifics in CPT 2004

You have more options to bill for craniotomy or lobectomyIf your physician is performing neurosurgery procedures on epileptic patients, you'll have a lot more options for billing starting in January. The 2004 update to the Current Procedural Terminology includes two new codes for lobectomies: 61537 (Craniotomy with elevation of bone flap; for lobectomy, temporal lobe, without eletrocorticography during surgery) and 61540 (... for lobectomy, other than temporal lobe, partial or total, without eletrocorticography during surgery).  The new CPT update also revises the descriptors for lobectomy CPT 61538 and 61539 to clarify that 61538 is for temporal lobe...

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