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Reporting Ear Tube Insertion Under MAC

Published on Fri Jan 17, 2014

Question: Our physician removed a patient’s ear tubes in an ASC setting under MAC anesthesia (instead of general). If he either inserts or removes tubes under these circumstances, can we report 69424 with modifier 52 instead of submitting the unlisted procedure code?

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Answer: A quick glance shows that 69424 (Ventilating tube removal [...]
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