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Turn to Twist Drill/Burr Hole for Monitor Placement
Question: What is the correct code for placement of right frontal Camino intracranial pressure monitor? Answer: The answer depends on the method the surgeon used to place the pressure monitor. - Clinical and coding expertise for You Be the Coder and Reader Questions provided by Eric Sandhusen, CHC, CPC, Director of Billing and Fiscal Compliance for the Columbia University Department of Surgery.
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If the surgeon uses a twist drill (a hand-held device), report 61107 (Twist drill hole for subdural or ventricular puncture; for implanting ventricular catheter or pressure recording device). If the surgeon uses a power burr or similar instrument to create the hole(s), report instead 61210 (Burr hole[s]; for implanting ventricular catheter, reservoir, EEG electrode[s] or pressure recording device [separate procedure]).
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Turn to Twist Drill/Burr Hole for Monitor Placement
Question: What is the correct code for placement of right frontal Camino intracranial pressure monitor?
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