CPT^® 21208, Under Repair, Revision, and/or Reconstruction Procedures on the Head

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 21208 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Repair, Revision, and/or Reconstruction Procedures on the Head.

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The provider surgically repairs and or alters the facial bones in a procedure called osteoplasty, by augmenting, or building up, the bone with an implant made from artificial material or from bone graft taken from the patient or from donor bone. She performs this procedure to correct defects caused by trauma or malformation.

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